Gods, Computers, Talismans and Thinking with Machines - A roundtable on religion, technology, consciousness, personhood across time and culture

Could an artificial intelligence develop a conscience? Could human consciousness be uploaded to the cloud? Do animals, or even objects, have souls? Can machines pray?

Join experts in religion from a wide variety of disciplines (sociology, history, international relations, psychology, literary studies, medical humanities, and Buddhist studies) for a roundtable discussion of questions relating to personhood, consciousness, spirituality, technology, and the human/non-human divide.

Speakers: 

• Michael Stanley Baker (NTU School of Humanities)
• Paul Hedges (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies)
• Rhema Hokama (Singapore University of Technology and Design)
• Ian McGonigle (NTU School of Social Sciences)
• Lee Boon Ooi (National Institute of Education)
• Lee Foong Ming (Buddhist College of Singapore)
• Park Hyung Wook (NTU School of Humanities)

Moderator: Christopher Trigg (NTU School of Humanities)

Refreshments provided