2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated a..., John C. Lennox
2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated a..., John C. Lennox
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2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition
How Artificial Intelligence Informs Our Future

Author: John C. Lennox

Narrator: John C. Lennox

Unabridged: 17 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 11/26/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Read by the author. Will technology change what it means to be human?You don't have to be a computer scientist to have discerning conversations about artificial intelligence and technology. We all wonder where we're headed. Even now, technological innovations and machine learning have a daily impact on our lives, and many of us see good reasons to dread the future. Are we doomed to the surveillance society imagined in George Orwell's 1984?Mathematician and philosopher John Lennox believes that there are credible responses to the daunting questions that AI poses, and he shows that Christianity has some very serious, sensible, evidence-based things to say about the nature of our quest for superintelligence.This newly updated and expanded edition of 2084 will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas:Key recent developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence.Consideration of the nature of AI systems with insights from neuroscience.The way AI is changing how we communicate, implications for medicine, manufacturing and the military, its use in advertising and automobiles, and education and the future of work.How data is used today for surveillance, thought control.The rise of virtual reality and the metaverse.The transhumanist agenda and longtermism.The agreements and disagreements that scientists and experts have about the future of AI.The urgent need for regulation and control in light of the development of large language transformers like CHATGPT.Key insights from Scripture about the nature of human beings, the soul, our moral sense, our future, and what separates us from machines. In straight-forward, accessible language, you will get a better understanding of the current capacity of AI, its potential benefits and dangers, the facts and the fiction, as well as possible future implications.Since the questions posed by AI, daunting as they might be, affect most of us, they demand answers. 2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition has been written to challenge and ignite the curiosity of all readers. Whatever your worldview, Lennox provides clear information and credible answers that will bring you real hope for the future of humanity.Questions and charts can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About John C. Lennox

John C. Lennox (MA MMath. MA (Bioethics) PhD, DPhil, DSc, FISSR) is Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and (Emeritus) Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is author of a number of books on the interface between science, philosophy, and theology, including, God and Stephen Hawking, Determined to Believe, Can Science Explain Everything? and Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix? Prof. Lennox is a widely recognized public intellectual who has engaged in numerous debates with public figures such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Ruse, and Peter Atkins on questions at the interface of science, philosophy, and religion.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Josh on October 06, 2020

So…I’m not quite sure what to do with this book. John Lennox is a bona fide genius (PhD, DPhil, DSc, Professor Emeritus at Oxford). He’s the intellectual that comes out to dispute Dawkins, Harris, and the other New Atheists as the resident British scientist in the field of Christian apologetics. And......more

Goodreads review by Nicholas on August 15, 2020

Extremely timely, very readable, and thought-provoking. I think everyone should read this book, whether or not you are a believer or an agnostic.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on July 10, 2023

Incredible. I've never heard an evangelistic argument made quite like this. The central message of this book: The goal of AI and transhumanism to create a man-God misses the point: the God-Man already exists and he was God taking on humanity, not humanity taking on divinity. I did not expect this bo......more

Goodreads review by Colin on January 01, 2021

I’m so grateful for John Lennox, a Christian author of substance and rigour and breadth who models engagement with his subject, who looks into the thoughts behind ideas, who streps into the lion’s den of alternatives and contends for his position in the light of the views of his opponents. Although a......more

Goodreads review by Ismail on May 19, 2021

This started really well, talks about AI etc then post chapter 10 turns into evangelical biblical rant. Author takes 2+2 and gets 49 using the new testament. The author really needs to read a history of the bible and how it has been put together, aramaic to greek to latin to english, the words lost......more