Introducing Smartacus

An informal collaboration of forward-looking content creators, experts and readers, the Smartacus Creative Group fuses creativity, technology, and community.

At a time when new technologies are outpacing our ability to ethically integrate them into society, we think faith communities can play a pivotal role, evaluating their impact and shaping their development through policy and informed consumer choices.

We support AI and Faith in its mission to bring the wisdom of the world’s great religions to the discussion around the moral and ethical challenges of artificial intelligence.

We support Soul Matters in developing materials that support the “AI conversation” in Unitarian Universalist congregations.

We support the efforts of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Boca Raton to grasp these new technologies and make sense of the way they’re transforming the way we communicate, work, learn, and worship.

 

As our digital hearthstone, Smartacus serves as our landing page and blog, the pages on which we share collaboration updates, AI news of note, and ideas and resources that are helpful in our journey.

 

As our digital pulpit, AI and the Human is the space in which we strive to illuminate the spiritual dimensions of technology’s advances, exploring how AI and the Brain/Computer Interface can serve humanity's greatest needs and explore its highest values.

 

As our digital theater, Darwin’s Edge chronicles the journey of the Rev. Peter Gilman, minister of the UU Congregation of the Southern Adirondacks, as he joins Surina Rao and Michael Carmody in demonstrating the power of ThinkPal, the most transformative neural auxiliary of its time. Season One begins Sunday, February 29, 2032 and spirals toward its surprising conclusion on Election Day.

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Dan Forbush, Editor
Member, AI and Faith Editorial Team
UU Saratoga

Ron Roth, Producer
Member, AI and Faith Editorial Team
UU Boca Raton