Personhood

Listening to our bodies, 72 unique behaviours, multi-dimensional personhood, and the sacramental ministry of touch
Advances in technology mean intelligent machines are likely to play an increasingly important role in our future
The Eliza effect, algorithms reading lung X-rays, the problem of other minds, and adventurers on Mars
‘None of us can avoid fundamental questions about what it means to be human. These issues are far too important to be left to doctors’
Blake Lemoine and LaMDA, trillions of words, mute idols, and the God who speaks
Psalm 139, reconsidering ‘ensoulment’, the language of right and wrong, and co-operation with evil
The prohibition on soothsaying, transcending genetic determinism, a client-technician relationship and Heidi Crowter’s joyful self-advocacy
Are our brains little more than computing machines made out of meat?