Belief in the Future
DZ Kalman
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S2E2 A Catholic and a Jew read the pope's AI encyclical together
On May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV issued Magnifica Humanitas, a major new document on AI for the world's biggest religion. I talked with Brian Green about what it says, why it was written this way, where…
S2E1 There's been an earthquake. We're coming back.
After less than a year from the end of our first season, Belief in the Future is coming back into a world where religion and technology are now crashing into each other. *** Belief is affiliated…
What Could Go Right?
To close out our summer episodes, we're talking with Kevin Kelly, founder of WIRED Magazine and writer about all things tech and culture. Kevin is a devout Christian with an eye toward the ethical…
The Two Codes
BIG NEWS: Belief in the Future now has a YouTube channel: Sabbath Mode. Go check it out before listening to the episode Coding is one part skill, one part magic, and one part tradition. But when AI…
S1E14 Are AI Sermons a Good Thing?
Religious organizations, like all other organizations, are beginning to use AI. Some of these uses are unremarkable, but others bring AI into the business of delivering religious messages. In this…
S1E13 The Wild World of Bible Apps
We often think about how technology has influenced religion, but we rarely question the opposite: how has religion pushed technological advancement? In the case of Christianity, software to share the…
S1E12 The Church that wants to build God
What if AI and religion had a converging relationship rather than a parallel one? In Professor Beth Singler's new book, Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction, she explores how…
S1E11 The Temptation of AI Christ
The confessional booth is usually a private space for reflection and human connection. But what if, on the other side of the wall, you discovered you were asking forgiveness from a robot? This week,…
S1E10 Does Religion Have Wisdom for Tech?
Does religion have a role in developing ethical frameworks around technology? On this episode, we're talking to Rabbi Zvika Kreiger, spiritual leader of Chochmat Halev and former Director of…
S1E9 Is Tech Too Fast to be Governed?
Technology moves quickly – often times faster than governments can create laws to regulate it. So how do we adapt our lawmaking practices to keep up? We’re talking to Gideon Lichfield, a journalist…
S1E8 The Secret Synagogue Tapes
You're not allowed to record in synagogue. But what if you're saving a dying culture?Have a question/tip/criticism? Write to us at our fancy new website, beliefinthefuture.com Learn more about your…
S1E7 The Cantor in the Brothel
What happens when you take synagogue music out of the synagogue?Works mentionedJeremiah Lockwood, Golden Ages: Hasidic Singers and Cantorial Revival in the Digital Era Learn more about your ad…
S1E6 What Silicon Valley Means by "God"
Why do tech CEOs and visionaries use religious language—and what, if anything, does it have to do with organized religion? We talk Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Professor of Religion and Science in Society…
S1E5 Does AI Need History?
The Greeks dreamed of automata, the Jews of golems, and now we've coded bots into powerful servants. Can our ancient quest for artificial life reveal our ethical obligations to today’s…
S1E4 Should I Use the Plagiarism Machine?
In this crossover episode of Belief in the Future with Responsa Radio, host David Zvi Kalman dives into whether using generative AI systems like ChatGPT and DALL-E is a form of theft, drawing…
S1E3 AI and the Baptists
What does evangelical Christianity have to say about AI? Quite a lot, according to Jason Thacker. As Director of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), he…
S1E2 Ghost in the Machine
Death isn't always an elegant ending. When Muhammad Ahmad, a research scientist with a doctorate in machine learning, learned his father’s diagnosis was terminal, he began to create a text-based AI…
S1E1 The Two Lamp Mystery
Two religious communities invented the same lamp. Why?In our first episode David Zvi is joined by Lindsay Ems, an expert in the sociological impacts of technology on religious communities. Through…
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