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    ‘Who needs God when we’ve got Google?’: Blurring the lines between technology and faith

    Host Jonathan Bastian talks with Meghan O'Gieblyn , author of “ God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning ” about how advanced AI technologies are changing how we think about ourselves and our faith.

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    By Jonathan Bastian • Sep 11, 2021 • 51m Listen

    Host Jonathan Bastian talks with Meghan O'Gieblyn, author of “God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning” about how advanced AI technologies are changing how we think about ourselves and our faith. Later, writer Linda Kinstler talks about the influential role of the tech sector on faith. And Dr. Beth Singler from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. discuses how religion is being renewed and reshaped by modern technology.

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