| Abstract: | Military, commercial, and industrial application of artificial intelligence (AI) presents distinct historical challenges for theological reasoning. To date, interdisciplinary theological responses have been limited. Contextual and ecological theologies provide an understanding of the human that is helpful in theological responses to AI. These theologies emphasize a relational, embodied view of the human that responds to and resolves many of the shortcomings found in AI research and related theological responses. Sallie McFague's emphasis on embodiment and the world as God's body is an especially useful contribution to these efforts. |
