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Utopia or Dystopia: Science Fiction and Artificial Intelligence

Dr. John Lennox discusses big brother, surveillance capitalism, and digital privacy with reference to popular science fiction authors of the 20th Century. Did George Orwell and Aldous Huxley foresee our modern digital technologies? Do our smart devices liberate or oppress? Lennox explores the pros and cons of digital technology, facial recognition, surveillance and the social credit systems being rolled out in various countries.

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John Lennox

Dr. John C. Lennox is an Irish mathematician, bioethicist, and Christian apologist. Now retired, he is the Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford as well as the Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. A former professor of mathematics and the philosophy of science, he has also been a part of public debates with New Atheists such as Richard Dawkins, presenting intellectual defenses of Christianity. Lennox has written acclaimed books such as Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix and most recently 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. He received his Ph.D. of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, while also holding numerous honorary degrees from other British universities.

 

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