The Threat Of AI Art: An Eye-Opening Interview With An Artist, A Musician & A College Professor, April 2024

God Chatbots Offer Spiritual Insights on Demand. What Could Go Wrong? Scientific American, March 2024

AI and the Future of Religion, Christians in Science guest talk, March 2024

What do OpenAI’s board changes mean for the future of AI?, Fast Company, March 2024

AI Jesus is here to absolve your digital sins, Digital Frontier, March 2024

For many, AI is a Religious Experience, Marketplace, January 2024

AI Astrology Is Getting a Little Too Personal, The Atlantic, December 2023

“Playing God”, interview in Church Education, Switzerland, December 2023

Valis and Philip K Dick – BBC Radio 3, Free Thinking, October 2023

Should our AIs and robots have souls? Premier, October 2023

AI: Simulation or inspiration? – Interview, Church Times, September 2023

SRF: AI Doomer: Will artificial intelligence destroy us all? August 2023

“For Many AI is a Religious Experience” – Marketplace.org podcast, August 2023

Jake Chapman’s Accelerate or Die, Documentary, Forthcoming. Summary here by Xenogothic, includes trailer, July 2023

No, A Rogue U.S. Air Force Drone Did Not Just Try To Kill Its Operator (But It Might As Well Have Done), Forbes, June 2023

Reports of an AI drone that ‘killed’ its operator are pure fiction, New Scientist, June 2023

IO, the Mensa Magazine, Interviewed on the Future of AI, May 2023

Into the Future Podcast – Transhumanism, Part 1, May 2023

Are chatbots changing the face of religion? Three faith leaders on grappling with AI, Guardian US, March 2023

Was wir glauben (“What we believe”), UZH Magazine, March 2023

Does Chat GPT have a soul? – Beth Singler on the consciousness of robots, Jediism, and AI-created religions, Faculty of Theology podcast, UZH, March 2023

A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking For Big Tech Donors, March 2023

The Daily Beast, Dungeons & Dragons Could Prevent the AI Apocalypse—or Kick It Off, March 2023

LA Times, “Can Religion Save us from Artificial Intelligence?” March 2023

NSRN Blog Post: “Taking Bugbears Seriously: Why Does the “Secular Religion” vs. “Religion” Distinction Matter?”, February 2023

The Daily Beast, “The Radical Movement to Worship AI as a New God”, February 2023

BBC News Brazil – What ChatGPT says about how artificial intelligence can affect internet searches, February 2023

Press: AI chatbots reveal inhumanity of New Atheism , December 2022 

BBC documentary, “First Contact: An Alien Encounter”, November 2022

Faith at the Frontiers Podcast, University of Oxford, October 2022

Panel on Myth and Science Ficion, Science Fiction Squared, September 2022

The Week Junior: Science and Nature, Mysteries of Science, September 2022

The analysis. Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam bent to Artificial Intelligence (in Italian), September 2022

Religion Media Centre, ‘Has a Google chatbot come to life? Read five commentators’ views’, June 2022

BBC Radio 4, Inside Science – Inside Sentience, on LaMDA and AI Sentience, June 2022

BBC Radio 4, The World at One – segment on LaMDA and AI Sentience (at 39 mins in), June 2022

A Visit to the Human Factory: How to build the world’s most realistic robot, by James Vincent, The Verge

Patented: History of Inventions, presented by Dallas Campbell – ROBOTS

ISSR’s “In Conversation” – Episode 2: “AI and Religion” – Beth Singler and Robert Geraci

CHM Salon for Humans and Machines: AI, Us, and Our Dreams of the Future — Beth Singler & W. Powers, March 2022:

Ethics for a Changing World – Podcast, March 2022

Dear God, who else is listening to our prayers? Panel discussion on Prayer Apps with the Religion Media Centre, February 2022

Meta moves to tackle creepy behaviour in virtual reality – BBC, February 2022

The FUTURES Podcast: God in the Machine with Dr Beth Singler, January 2022

Futures

The Religious Studies Discourse Podcast, January 2022

New Scientist Podcast, 21st January 2022

“The Dangers of Treating AI like a God”, New Scientist Interview, January 2022

How A.I. is Set to Evolve in 2022 – CNBC

BBC Radio Scotland, The Sunday Programme, 12th December 2021 (c. 9.07) – Religion and AI

BBC Radio 4, The Sunday Programme, 5th December 2021 (c. 30 mins in) – discussion of AI and humanity

Gods and robots: Will AI transform Religion? – BBC

UK publishes 10-year plan to become ‘A.I. superpower’, seeking to rival U.S. and China – CNBC

‘Who needs God when we’ve got Google?’: Blurring the lines between technology and faith – Life Examined, KCRW

Can we trust our robot overlords? The Small Print

New York Times, Opinion Piece by Linda Kintsler: Can Silicon Valley Find God?

TomorrowUnlocked.com: AI: The Mirror We Don’t Recognise Ourselves in

Tomorrow Unlocked Audio Documentary series with Ken Hollings (episode 5, 7th July)

Beth Singler: Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη δεν αλλάζει μόνο τις ζωές μας, αλλά κι εμάς ως ανθρώπους (“AI changes not only our lives, but also us as humans”) – interview at Insider.gr

Desert Island Discworld – Season 5, Episode 2: Feet of Clay (forthcoming, Sunday 2nd May 2021)

Feet of Clay

The Mind Over Chatter Podcast from the University of Cambridge: What is the Future of Artificial Intellligence?

“Silicon Valley leaders think A.I. will one day fund free cash handouts. But experts aren’t convinced”, CNBC – Quoted

AI and the Human Narrative – Mediacat Interview

AI and You – Peter Scott’s Podcast (Part One)

AI and You – Peter Scott’s Podcast (Part Two)

Biology’s Holy Grail: Naked Reflections Podcast on AlphaFold

‘Co-Opting AI: Fiction’ – panel with NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU Tandon’s Department for Technology, Culture and Society and the 370 Jay Project

Cambridge Alumni Festival/Hay Festival Panel – Technology and Democracy: Rebuilding from the Bottom Up (October 2020)

Ada DayAda Lovelace Day Panel on the Near Future as a part of the Finding Ada Conference, with Dr Beth Singler, Professor Praminda Caleb-Solly, Dr Anat Caspi, and Dr Chanuki Seresinhe (October 2020)

Naked Reflections Podcast: “Who Nudges the Nudgers?” with Beth Singler and David Halpern (October 2020)

Podcast with the Royal Anthropological Institute: Are the Robots Going to Kill Us? (August 2020)

being human

Hay Festival Podcast with @Kasparov63 @stephenfry @Nigel_Shadbolt @BVLSingler @MarcusduSautoy : explore neural networks, machine learning, pattern recognition and the imagination of Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace (July 2020)

The Radical AI podcast (July 2020): Science Fiction, Science Fact, AI + Consciousness, Public Scholarship, The Terminator and more with Dr. Beth Singler.

Naked Reflections: Religion and AI (July 2020)

21 to Watch Award Winner (June 2020)

The Naked Scientists, Sunday Night Quiz (June 2020)

Radio 4, Beyond Belief – Religion Online during the Pandemic (April 2020)

JISC Conference Keynote (April 2020)

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – The Naked Scientists (February 2020)

AI, Agency, Aspirations – Interviewed by Adrian Currie, for Exeter’s SocPhilAnt‏ @UofESPA podcast, ‘Philosophy in Three Words’ (February 2020)

AI and Religion, an Interview with the Religious Studies Project Podcast (February 2020)

Are We Ready for AI? JISC Blog (January 2020)

2019

Discussion of Robocop – Science Fiction Theatre’s book of posters, 2019

Naked Humanity Podcast, interviewed by Stefani Ruper on “Are Robots the Next Gods?”, December 2019

Zhora and the Snake, The Essay, BBC Radio 3, November 2019

The Naked Scientists, “AI Apocalypses, Coriander, Jelly Legs, and Anxiety”, Sunday 6th October 2019

Are We Ready for Artificial Intelligence? University of Cambridge Alumni Festival talk, September 2019

Today Programme, Radio 4, from 2017

Professor Toshie Takahashi in conversation with Dr Beth Singler: AI in Japan and the ‘West’

Eyes are the Window to a Robot’s Soul: How a robot’s eyes are developed could provide a shortcut around the uncanny valley – OneZero

Rise of the Social Home Robots – The Ambient

Interview for Portuguese television, the Imagine 2084 series, video

Barbican AI Exhibition: Between Artificial and Human –  Beth Singler, thought piece

New Scientist Live – What Machine Can Tell Us About Being Human

The Fractured Mirror: Reflecting on Artificial Intelligence and Us, Ars Electronica – Beth Singler, video

CenSamm Conference on AI and Apocalypticism – Keynote

Tomorrow’s Gods: What is the Future of Religion – BBC

Grassing On Teenagers – AI To Snoop On Pot Smokers – Forbes

AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you – New Scientist

Frankenstein, AI and humanity’s love of fearing technology – Alphr

AI slaves: the questionable desire shaping our idea of technological progress – Beth Singler, the Conversation

Dungeons and Dragons, not chess and Go: why AI needs roleplay – Beth Singler, Aeon Magazine

fAIth: The most avid believers in artificial intelligence are aggressively secular – yet their language is eerily religious. Why? – Beth Singler, Aeon Magazine

Should robots have ‘rights’? – TechWorld

AI Beat Humans at a Complex Game but Is It the Leap Bill Gates Says It Is? – The Wire

How artificial intelligence is shaping religion in the 21st century – CNBC

Why Sophia the robot is not what it seems – The Sunday Morning Herald

Pain – the Anthill, The Conversation podcast

Deus Ex Machina: Fa.i.th in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Marketmogul

Little Dragon Films wins ‘Best Research Film of the Year’ at the AHRC awards – Cambridge Network

The Progress 1000: London’s most influential people 2017 – Boffins: Science & Technology – Evening Standard

ISSR’s “In Conversation” – Episode 2: “AI and Religion” – Beth Singler and Robert Geraci

CHM Salon for Humans and Machines: AI, Us, and Our Dreams of the Future — Beth Singler & W. Powers, March 2022:

Ethics for a Changing World – Podcast, March 2022

Dear God, who else is listening to our prayers? Panel discussion on Prayer Apps with the Religion Media Centre, February 2022

Meta moves to tackle creepy behaviour in virtual reality – BBC, February 2022

The FUTURES Podcast: God in the Machine with Dr Beth Singler, January 2022

Futures

The Religious Studies Discourse Podcast, January 2022

New Scientist Podcast, 21st January 2022

“The Dangers of Treating AI like a God”, New Scientist Interview, January 2022

How A.I. is Set to Evolve in 2022 – CNBC

BBC Radio Scotland, The Sunday Programme, 12th December 2021 (c. 9.07) – Religion and AI

BBC Radio 4, The Sunday Programme, 5th December 2021 (c. 30 mins in) – discussion of AI and humanity

Gods and robots: Will AI transform Religion? – BBC

UK publishes 10-year plan to become ‘A.I. superpower’, seeking to rival U.S. and China – CNBC

‘Who needs God when we’ve got Google?’: Blurring the lines between technology and faith – Life Examined, KCRW

Can we trust our robot overlords? The Small Print

New York Times, Opinion Piece by Linda Kintsler: Can Silicon Valley Find God?

TomorrowUnlocked.com: AI: The Mirror We Don’t Recognise Ourselves in

Tomorrow Unlocked Audio Documentary series with Ken Hollings (episode 5, 7th July)

Beth Singler: Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη δεν αλλάζει μόνο τις ζωές μας, αλλά κι εμάς ως ανθρώπους (“AI changes not only our lives, but also us as humans”) – interview at Insider.gr

Desert Island Discworld – Season 5, Episode 2: Feet of Clay (forthcoming, Sunday 2nd May 2021)

Feet of Clay

The Mind Over Chatter Podcast from the University of Cambridge: What is the Future of Artificial Intellligence?

“Silicon Valley leaders think A.I. will one day fund free cash handouts. But experts aren’t convinced”, CNBC – Quoted

AI and the Human Narrative – Mediacat Interview

AI and You – Peter Scott’s Podcast (Part One)

AI and You – Peter Scott’s Podcast (Part Two)

Biology’s Holy Grail: Naked Reflections Podcast on AlphaFold

‘Co-Opting AI: Fiction’ – panel with NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU Tandon’s Department for Technology, Culture and Society and the 370 Jay Project

Cambridge Alumni Festival/Hay Festival Panel – Technology and Democracy: Rebuilding from the Bottom Up (October 2020)

Ada DayAda Lovelace Day Panel on the Near Future as a part of the Finding Ada Conference, with Dr Beth Singler, Professor Praminda Caleb-Solly, Dr Anat Caspi, and Dr Chanuki Seresinhe (October 2020)

Naked Reflections Podcast: “Who Nudges the Nudgers?” with Beth Singler and David Halpern (October 2020)

Podcast with the Royal Anthropological Institute: Are the Robots Going to Kill Us? (August 2020)

being human

Hay Festival Podcast with @Kasparov63 @stephenfry @Nigel_Shadbolt @BVLSingler @MarcusduSautoy : explore neural networks, machine learning, pattern recognition and the imagination of Alan Turing and Ada Lovelace (July 2020)

The Radical AI podcast (July 2020): Science Fiction, Science Fact, AI + Consciousness, Public Scholarship, The Terminator and more with Dr. Beth Singler.

Naked Reflections: Religion and AI (July 2020)

21 to Watch Award Winner (June 2020)

The Naked Scientists, Sunday Night Quiz (June 2020)

Radio 4, Beyond Belief – Religion Online during the Pandemic (April 2020)

JISC Conference Keynote (April 2020)

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – The Naked Scientists (February 2020)

AI, Agency, Aspirations – Interviewed by Adrian Currie, for Exeter’s SocPhilAnt‏ @UofESPA podcast, ‘Philosophy in Three Words’ (February 2020)

AI and Religion, an Interview with the Religious Studies Project Podcast (February 2020)

Are We Ready for AI? JISC Blog (January 2020)

2019

Discussion of Robocop – Science Fiction Theatre’s book of posters, 2019

Naked Humanity Podcast, interviewed by Stefani Ruper on “Are Robots the Next Gods?”, December 2019

Zhora and the Snake, The Essay, BBC Radio 3, November 2019

The Naked Scientists, “AI Apocalypses, Coriander, Jelly Legs, and Anxiety”, Sunday 6th October 2019

Are We Ready for Artificial Intelligence? University of Cambridge Alumni Festival talk, September 2019

Today Programme, Radio 4, from 2017

Professor Toshie Takahashi in conversation with Dr Beth Singler: AI in Japan and the ‘West’

Eyes are the Window to a Robot’s Soul: How a robot’s eyes are developed could provide a shortcut around the uncanny valley – OneZero

Rise of the Social Home Robots – The Ambient

Interview for Portuguese television, the Imagine 2084 series, video

Barbican AI Exhibition: Between Artificial and Human –  Beth Singler, thought piece

New Scientist Live – What Machine Can Tell Us About Being Human

The Fractured Mirror: Reflecting on Artificial Intelligence and Us, Ars Electronica – Beth Singler, video

CenSamm Conference on AI and Apocalypticism – Keynote

Tomorrow’s Gods: What is the Future of Religion – BBC

Grassing On Teenagers – AI To Snoop On Pot Smokers – Forbes

AIs could debate whether a smart assistant should snitch on you – New Scientist

Frankenstein, AI and humanity’s love of fearing technology – Alphr

AI slaves: the questionable desire shaping our idea of technological progress – Beth Singler, the Conversation

Dungeons and Dragons, not chess and Go: why AI needs roleplay – Beth Singler, Aeon Magazine

fAIth: The most avid believers in artificial intelligence are aggressively secular – yet their language is eerily religious. Why? – Beth Singler, Aeon Magazine

Should robots have ‘rights’? – TechWorld

AI Beat Humans at a Complex Game but Is It the Leap Bill Gates Says It Is? – The Wire

How artificial intelligence is shaping religion in the 21st century – CNBC

Why Sophia the robot is not what it seems – The Sunday Morning Herald

Pain – the Anthill, The Conversation podcast

Deus Ex Machina: Fa.i.th in the Age of Artificial Intelligence – Marketmogul

Little Dragon Films wins ‘Best Research Film of the Year’ at the AHRC awards – Cambridge Network

The Progress 1000: London’s most influential people 2017 – Boffins: Science & Technology – Evening Standard