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Mission, Money, and Machine

(RNS) — From missionaries vs. mercenaries to cheerful apocalyptics — the spiritual stakes of the AI revolution.
Mission, Money, and Machine
Jonathan Woodward

After talking with AI investor Colin Evans, Amber and Tom return to the mic to wrestle with the thorny questions Colin’s episode raised. Can purpose win out over profit — or does money have the final say? If AI frees us from toil, is that liberation — or the loss of something essential? And what values should guide the people building our machines — should there be a “Hippocratic Oath” for AI programmers?

Through wit, warmth and a few well-timed tangents, Amber and Tom explore how spiritual traditions might help us navigate this new frontier — where work, wisdom and technology meet. It’s a conversation for anyone wondering how to stay human in an age of machines and algorithms and whether we can build with both head and heart.


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