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title: "AI: radically new or 'nothing new under the sun'? | Being Human"
date: 2023-04-20T15:32:00+01:00
author: Emma  sowden
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### AI poses the global community with ethical dilemmas and profound questions. But are these questions actually radically new, or have they simply always been there? Is AI - in all its threats and possibilities - actually 'nothing new under the sun'?

 

 

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    Artificial intelligence has continued to creep into our feeds and headlines. From an AI generated interview with F1’s Michael Schumacher to the Sony world photography award winner revealing his entry as a fake. The global community is increasingly being faced with ethical dilemmas and profound questions.

Join Peter as this week he dives into the world of AI, and considers if these questions are actually radically new, or have they simply always been there. Is AI — in all its possibilities and threats — actually ​‘nothing new under the sun’?

 

 

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   ![Being human in an AI world](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E)   ![AI 1](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/AI-1.jpg)   ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/being-human-in-an-ai-world) [####  Being human in an AI world  

 ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/being-human-in-an-ai-world)  God created us with a need for connection, and reaching out to others can help us live out His design – something AI (and other tech) can’t replace  

 [ ![Helen Locke](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/helen-locke) [ Helen Locke ](/author/helen-locke)   
 20 April 2023 

 

 

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 ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/the-asbury-outpouring-remembering-revivals-and-the-prophet-habakkuk)  If thousands of people suddenly burst through your doors, desiring an encounter with a God in heaven who loves them, what would you do?  

 [ ![Emma Sowden](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/emma-snowden) [ Emma Sowden ](/author/emma-snowden)   
 24 February 2023 

 

 

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