The Future of Reality: Digital Culture, Artificial Intelligence, and the Sacraments
Tuesdays, March 25, April 1, April 8, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
St. Gregory the Great, Msgr. Klasen Building (1609 W Gregory St)
a course led by Joseph Vukov (Loyola University Chicago)
Our current digital age makes it increasingly difficult to live in reality. While human life is embodied, shared, and free, our 21st-century lives are increasingly simulated, individualized, and monetized. As we inhabit an increasingly virtual environment, the most human aspects of our lives wither. For Catholics the patterns of 21st-century life threaten to undermine not only human reality, but also our experience of God in the sacraments.
Are advances in digital technology intrinsically evil? Can a Catholic worldview help us preserve our humanity in the face of AI and transhumanism? Should we resist the use of technology and become luddites? In this three-week course, we will diagnose our current situation and consider what remedies Church teachings and tradition might offer us.
St. Gregory the Great, Msgr. Klasen Building (1609 W Gregory St)
a course led by Joseph Vukov (Loyola University Chicago)
Our current digital age makes it increasingly difficult to live in reality. While human life is embodied, shared, and free, our 21st-century lives are increasingly simulated, individualized, and monetized. As we inhabit an increasingly virtual environment, the most human aspects of our lives wither. For Catholics the patterns of 21st-century life threaten to undermine not only human reality, but also our experience of God in the sacraments.
Are advances in digital technology intrinsically evil? Can a Catholic worldview help us preserve our humanity in the face of AI and transhumanism? Should we resist the use of technology and become luddites? In this three-week course, we will diagnose our current situation and consider what remedies Church teachings and tradition might offer us.
Register by filling out the form below. Contact Mark Franzen with any questions.
$40 suggested donation. You can pay online here or bring a check or cash to the class. Make checks payable to Mary, Mother of God Parish with "St. Gregory's Hall" in the memo line. All donations are used to cover program and staff-related expenses of St. Gregory's Hall. No funds are used for general Parish operating expenses.
$40 suggested donation. You can pay online here or bring a check or cash to the class. Make checks payable to Mary, Mother of God Parish with "St. Gregory's Hall" in the memo line. All donations are used to cover program and staff-related expenses of St. Gregory's Hall. No funds are used for general Parish operating expenses.
About our teacher
Joseph Vukov is a writer, speaker, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago. He is author of Staying Human in an Era of Artificial Intelligence; The Perils of Perfection: On the Limits and Possibilities of Human Enhancement; and Navigating Faith and Science.
