Religion, Logic and Artificial Intelligence 3800-RLAI23-M-OG

Can chatbots talk about religion in a way that it really makes sense? Are they helpful in the logical analysis of religious arguments and religious discourse? What about their own discourse on religious issues?
Chatbots based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) models have become important discourse actors. They generate content on portals, they take part in discussions, they are our partners for conversations. The aim of the course will be to collect and test tools for assessing the potential of chatbots as rational actors in one of the most important (for its impact on human behavior) part of the discourse, which is the religious discourse.
To achieve this goal, participants of the course “Religion, Logic and Artificial Intelligence” will learn about various tools useful for analyzing religious discourse (the latest results of research on the relationship between logic and religion will be taken into account), then they will gather basic knowledge about machine learning and training AI models. On this basis, they will be able to assess the effectiveness and possible use of chatbots in the analysis of religious discourse (including arguments), and then to analyze chatbots’ statements on religious topics. The unifying theme of the entire project will be philosophical questions about: the development of AI and its rationality, the role of logic in the context of AI, the nature of thinking, the status of discourse and the future of religious discourse.
In order to get diverse and up-to-date knowledge, guest participation of experts in some meetings is assumed.
The following topics will be discussed during the lecture:
1. Argumentation in religious discourse: definitions and an overview.
2. Argument annotation and diagramming (including Inference Anchoring Theory) applied to religious discourse.
3. Logical problems in religious discourse, and logical solutions.
4. Logical interpretation of religious discourse with the use of: paraconsistent, non-monotonic and fuzzy logics.
5. Logical approach to the interreligious dialogue.
6. Computer analysis of religious arguments.
7. Chatbots based on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of their “reasoning” (the idea of machine learning and philosophical inspirations: Wittgenstein, Turing, Foucault).
8. AI-chatbots as rational actors in religious discourse and interreligious dialogue (“skills audit”).
9. AI-chatbots as a help in the analysis of religious arguments.
10. Logical assessment of AI-chatbots religious discourse.
11. Philosophical questions about AI-development, its rationality, and the future of religious discourse.
Active and creative participation of the participants is welcome.
Can chatbots talk about religion in a way that it really makes sense? Are they helpful in the logical analysis of religious arguments and religious discourse? What about their own discourse on religious issues?
Chatbots based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) models have become important discourse actors. They generate content on portals, they take part in discussions, they are our partners for conversations. The aim of the course will be to collect and test tools for assessing the potential of chatbots as rational actors in one of the most important (for its impact on human behavior) part of the discourse, which is the religious discourse.
To achieve this goal, participants of the course “Religion, Logic and Artificial Intelligence” will learn about various tools useful for analyzing religious discourse (the latest results of research on the relationship between logic and religion will be taken into account), then they will gather basic knowledge about machine learning and training AI models. On this basis, they will be able to assess the effectiveness and possible use of chatbots in the analysis of religious discourse (including arguments), and then to analyze chatbots’ statements on religious topics. The unifying theme of the entire project will be philosophical questions about: the development of AI and its rationality, the role of logic in the context of AI, the nature of thinking, the status of discourse and the future of religious discourse.
In order to get diverse and up-to-date knowledge, guest participation of experts in some meetings is assumed.
The following topics will be discussed during the lecture:
1. Argumentation in religious discourse: definitions and an overview.
2. Argument annotation and diagramming (including Inference Anchoring Theory) applied to religious discourse.
3. Logical problems in religious discourse, and logical solutions.
4. Logical interpretation of religious discourse with the use of: paraconsistent, non-monotonic and fuzzy logics.
5. Logical approach to the interreligious dialogue.
6. Computer analysis of religious arguments.
7. Chatbots based on Artificial Intelligence and the nature of their “reasoning” (the idea of machine learning and philosophical inspirations: Wittgenstein, Turing, Foucault).
8. AI-chatbots as rational actors in religious discourse and interreligious dialogue (“skills audit”).
9. AI-chatbots as a help in the analysis of religious arguments.
10. Logical assessment of AI-chatbots religious discourse.
11. Philosophical questions about AI-development, its rationality, and the future of religious discourse.
Active and creative participation of the participants is welcome.