PRESS RELEASE: fAIth: Believing in AI and AI in Belief Virtual Lecture on November 10th

Submitted by Avery Alban on Fri, 10/15/2021 - 15:05

The Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies (NMRDC) is excited to host the 2021 Digital Religion Research Award Lecture on zoom with Dr. Beth Singler from the University of Cambridge (UK), the winner of this year’s Digital Religion Research Award.

Dr Singler’s lecture is entitled, “fAIth: Believing in AI and AI in Belief”, drawing on her award-winning ethnographic research, exploring both online and offline discourses about Artificial Intelligence and how they intersect with themes related to Digital Religion. Specifically, her lecture will explore historical and contemporary religious roots as they relate to current development with AI and robots.

Dr. Singler will give the annual Digital Religion Research Award Lecture on November 10, 2021 at 9:30am CDT/2:30 pm GMT in an online Zoom webinar sponsored by the NMRDC. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Click this link to register for the event: https://forms.gle/V6h7MooSjCgBoy7P7

For more information about the annual Digital Religion Research Award and the NMRDC, please contact Heidi A. Campbell at heidic@tamu.edu Our award winner Beth Singler can also be reached for comments on her research via email: bvw20@cam.ac.uk.