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>From: stgprao@xing.unocal.com (Richard Ottolini)
Subject: Re: Theology and AI
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In article <29D7D291.17764@orion.oac.uci.edu> bboyer@orion.oac.uci.edu (Bruce Boyer) writes:
>Does anyone know of any thinking/writing being done on theological 
>implications of AI.  I have in mind particularly work in the area
>of (theological) anthropology, and would probably come out in reflections
>on the image of God.

Science fiction has explored this topic thoroughly.
Some classics are
	"The Last Question" in Nine Tommorrows by Asimov
	"2001" by Clark and Kubrick

(I am not debasing this question by saying it is science fiction,
but saying that scifi was one of the better forums for exploring this.)


