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Faith Leaders, Theologians and Academicians Convene on the Ethics of AI

Yesterday evening, on the Lone Mountain Campus, the University of San Francisco (USF), the Archbishop of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC) hosted a convening of San Francisco faith leaders, theologians and academicians on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.

Using Pope Leo XIV’s powerful encyclical “Magnifica Humanitus” for context, the cohort engaged in an in depth discussion on the many dimensions and challenges posed by AI and the importance of religion’s perspective and prophetic voice in disarming the potentially harmful aspects of this rapidly developing and unchecked technology.

Participating in this exchange were:

• Dr. Salvador Aceves, President (USF)
• Jack Boland, Board Chair (USF)
• Dr. Erin Brigham, Executive Director (Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought)
• Dr. Christopher Brooks, Professor (USF)
• His Excellency Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone (Archdiocese of SF)
• Rev. Devon Jerome Crawford, Pastor (Third Baptist Church)
• SFIC Board Chair Rev. Staci Current, Pastor (Temple United Methodist Church)
• His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco (Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco)
• Hala Hijazi, Muslim Community Leader (Muslim Impact Council)
• Bishop Jeff Johnson (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Sierra Pacific Synod)
• The Rev. Peter Levenstrong, Associate Pastor (St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church)
• Zachary Markwith, Deputy Director (Intercultural Networks Group)
• Michael G. Pappas, Executive Director (SFIC)
• Rabbi Sarah Joselow Parris, Associate Rabbi (Congregation EmanuEl)
• Fr. Kirill Sokolov, Dean (Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral)

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