Thirteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the contemporary globalized environment offers humans remarkable facilitation in their daily life. Nevertheless, there is skepticism about the possibilities or opportunities of AI autonomy in decision-making, as well as several ethical dilemmas emerging from the use of AI applications. At this point, the theology of the Orthodox Church constitutes a safe timeless criterion for self-determination. self-awareness, and their achievements, on a rational basis. Consequently, the Orthodox theological tradition sets the criteria of the moral basis of self-awareness, so that this relationship with the world and the science are balanced by the worldly presence of God, along with the eschatological perspective. Worldly prosperity is a gift of God, when attributed to God’s beneficence. In contrast, it could deviate to the egotistic self-love, when anthropocentrism is autonomous and eliminates the divine factor from the life and action, as an individual and as a society. The teaching of the Orthodox Church deals with the issues of technological progress while always respecting the freedom of scientific research, but at the same time it reminds us of the divine destiny, as well as the moral values that are entailed.