As a hat tip to the subject of this essay, the elements in the foreground of this composite image were created using Adobe Photoshop’s AI-driven generative fill tool. The background image is from pixelparticle/iStock.

 

AI played no other role in producing this magazine.

Religion & Liberty: Volume 34, Number 1

AI and the Discipline of Human Flourishing

by A. Trevor Sutton • March 18, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is for the birds. Or at least that’s what the preamble to the “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights” seems to suggest. Prepared in October 2022 under the auspices of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, this statement begins with an accusation against artificial intelligence (AI): “Among the great challenges posed to democracy today is the use of technology, data, and automated systems in ways that threaten the rights of the American public.”