Ethics, Psychology, and Theology of AI

John Senior is a writer, lecturer, and visiting senior researcher at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology of the Hungarian Academy. His research interest seeks to establish a new branch of psychology focusing on Artificial Psychology (AIPsych).Éva Gyarmathy is clinical and educational psychologist and professor at the Apor Vilmos Catholic College, Hungary, where she founded the Centre for Atypical Development Methodology.

• SummaryList of IllustrationsAbout the AuthorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsDisclaimerForewordIntroductionPart 1 AI and Human Psychology1 The Psychology of Human-AI InteractionGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary2 Psychological Identity and Various RealitiesGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary3 AI, the Neurotypical MachineGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary4 AI and Mental Health: Opportunities and RisksGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary5 The Intersection of Evolution, AI, and IdentityGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingGlossaryPart 2 Examining the Psychological Implications of AI6 Creating Life: AI and the Beginnings of the Theological DilemmasGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary7 Trust in AI: The Delicate Balance and a Divine RouteGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary8 AI and Moral Responsibility in Religious TraditionsGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary9 People as Products and Stolen IdentitiesGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary10 Artificial Gods: Deities of the Digital AgeGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossaryPart 3 Reconceptualizing Agency and Identity in the Age of AI11 Agency in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Redefining Human and Machine RolesGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary12 Human Intelligence (HI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Collaborative Agency: Considerations and ConsequencesGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary13 The Ethics of AI Problem-Solving, Ambiguity, and Decision-MakingGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary14 The Legal Rights and Identity of Creative Intelligence MachinesGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary15 Who or What Owns Words: AI and the Future of WordsGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossaryPart 4 Synthesizing AI16 The New Being: AI, Humanity, and the FutureGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary17 Spiritual Guidelines for the Age of AIGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary18 Towards a Harmonious Co-Existence: AI and Human Flourishing in DysfunctionalityGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary19 Singularity, Post-Singularity Identity Transformation, and Survival in Extreme Scenarios: Digitalized Human Intelligence and Traversal Through Black HolesGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossary20 EverythingGoing further: reflective practiceReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingGlossaryConclusion: Embracing Singularity with WisdomGlossaryAppendicesPostscript (i): AI and Ideological BiasesPostscript (ii): An End to Mental IllnessAfterwordReferencesFurther readingFurther viewingIndex