On March 10, 2025, the Saint Benedict Institute hosted Jordan Joseph Wales for a lecture on AI and theology. With assistance from Christian antiquity, he took up four questions. First, how does an apparently personal AI work? Second, what might this entity be? Third, what might we become, owning the behavior of apparent persons? Lastly, in a society saturated by such AI tools, how might we live in such a way as to enhance rather than to erode our own humanity?
Watch the video of the lecture and Q&A session above, then view photos of the event below.
Jordan Joseph Wales is an Associate Professor of Theology & the John and Helen Kuczmarski Chair in Theology at Hillsdale College.
This event is hosted by the Saint Benedict Institute and co-sponsored by Markets & Morality, the Dean for Arts and Humanities, the Dean for Natural and Applied Sciences, the Department of Communication, the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Religion, the Department of Engineering, the Corpus Christi Foundation, and Marzec Chocolates.