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“There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it that when some robots are left in darkness, they will seek out the light?” — Dr. Alfred Lanning, “I Robot”

Unitarian Universalists affirm that all souls are sacred and worthy and that truth continues to be revealed. But advances in artificial intelligence complicate these principles. Can artificial intelligence also be sacred? If so, what implications does this have for our social justice work and for our desire to “widen the circle of concern?” And what about truth? What might truth and meaning be for sentient cyborgs?

Topics: All Souls Are Sacred, Change, Imagination, Truth Is Not Sealed