Could a Conscious Machine Deliver Pastoral Care?

Could Artificial Intelligence (AI) play an active role in delivering pastoral care? The question rests not only on whether an AI could be considered an autonomous agent, but on whether such an agent could support the depths of relationship with humans which is essential to genuine pastoral care. The...

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Main Author: Proudfoot, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2023
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 675-693
RelBib Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
NCJ Ethics of science
RB Church office; congregation
RG Pastoral care
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B capax Dei
B Pastoral Care
B Karl Barth
B Consciousness
B Artificial Intelligence
B Noreen Herzfeld
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