We’re very close to submitting the final draft of the CUP Cambridge Companion to Religion and AI, and I’m pleased to be able to share the current chapter list (unlikely final edits to the order and titles in the publication process notwithstanding!):
01. Introduction – Beth Singler and Fraser Watts
02. Steps Toward Android Intelligence – William Clocksin
RELIGIONS AND AI
03. Hinduism and Artificial Intelligence – Robert Geraci and Stephen Kaplan
04. The Buddha in AI/Robotics – Hannah Gould and Keiko Nishimura
05. Artificial Intelligence and Jewish Thought – David Zvi Kalman
06. Artificial Intelligence and Christianity: Friends or Foes? – Marius Dorobantu
07. Islam and Artificial Intelligence – Yaqub Chaudhary
SOCIAL & MORAL ISSUES
08. Transhumanism and Transcendence – Ilia Delio
09. The Eschatological Future of Artificial Intelligence: Savior or Apocalypse? – Noreen Herzfeld
10. AI Ethics and Ethical AI – Paula Boddington
11. Black Theology x Artificial Intelligence – Philip Butler
12. Imag(in)ing Human-Robot Relationships – Scott Midson
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
13. The Anthropology and Sociology of Religion and AI – Beth Singler
14. Simulating Religion – F. LeRon Shults and Wesley J. Wildman
15. Cognitive Modelling of Spiritual Practices – Fraser Watts
16. Artificial Companions and Spiritual Enhancement – Yorick Wilks
A pre-order page will go up on the CUP site when the book is a bit closer to publication 🙂
Professor Beth Singler 