Speaker: John Lennox

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John Lennox

Date
July 29, 2020

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Science

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John Lennox Talks AI, SciFi, Transhumanism and the Image of God

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July 29, 2020

Science}

On this episode of ID the Future, host Robert Marks continues his conversation with Oxford University mathematician John Lennox about Lennox’s new book 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. Lennox reviews mythology and science fiction writing stretching from the ancient poet Hesiod to the novelist Dan Brown and MIT physicist Max Tegmark. He says that artificial intelligence (AI) predictions down through the ages are all heavily dependent on theological and philosophical presuppositions. He and Marks also discuss AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future, including the risk of what C.S. Lewis called “the abolition of man.”

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John Lennox

Date
July 27, 2020

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Science

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__edited, 1984, AGI, AI and ethics, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence (AI), automation, C.S. Lewis, consciousness, George Orwell, medicine, self-driving cars, That Hideous Strength, transhumanism, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

John Lennox on What (Not) to Expect of AI in 2084

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July 27, 2020

Science}

On this episode of ID the Future, host Robert Marks interviews Oxford University mathematician John Lennox on Lennox’s new book 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity. It’s a wide-ranging discussion about AI’s advantages already being realized, in medicine, for example; AI’s supposed potential to achieve human-like consciousness; ethical issues that AI programmers will have to grapple with; effects that AI will have on the economy and individual workers; and the risks associated with living in an AI world where every movement is tracked. A key question as we move toward this future, says Lennox, is what does it mean to be human?

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John Lennox

Date
June 29, 2018

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Prof. John Lennox on His Book Seven Days That Divide the World

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June 29, 2018}

On this episode of ID The Future from the vault, Jay Richards talks with Professor and author John Lennox about his book, Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science. In his book, Lennox delves into controversial issues surrounding science and faith, answering common questions regarding apparent tensions between scripture and scientific evidence. Tune in as Professor Lennox demonstrates that science and faith are indeed compatible.

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Author
John Lennox

Date
March 16, 2018

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__edited, __repeat, John Lennox, m-theory, Philosophy, Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design, Whose Design is it Anyway?}

Prof. John Lennox Responds to Stephen Hawking

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March 16, 2018}

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Jay Richards talks with John Lennox about his book God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design Is It Anyway? In this book, Prof. Lennox counters Stephen Hawking’s argument in The Grand Design that “the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” Is philosophy dead, as Hawking claims? Is the so-called M-theory the “only viable candidate” for a complete ‘theory of everything’? Tune in and find out!

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Author
John Lennox

Date
March 10, 2017

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__edited, John Lennox, m-theory, Philosophy, Stephen Hawking, The Grand Design, Whose Design is it Anyway?}

Prof. John Lennox Responds to Stephen Hawking

_{John Lennox

March 10, 2017}

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Jay Richards talks with John Lennox about his book God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design Is It Anyway? In this book, Prof. Lennox counters Stephen Hawking’s argument in The Grand Design that “the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” Is philosophy dead, as Hawking claims? Is the so-called M-theory the “only viable candidate” for a complete ‘theory of everything’? Tune in and find out!

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
May 17, 2013

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__edited, exceptionalism, Gosnell verdict, John Lennox}

The Michael Medved Show Weekly Science & Culture Update: Featuring Steve Meyer and John Lennox

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May 17, 2013}

On this episode of ID the Future, Stephen Meyer and Oxford professor John Lennox discuss human exceptionalism and the deeper significance of the Gosnell verdict on the Michael Medved Show’s Science and Culture Update.

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Author
John Lennox

Date
February 24, 2013

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__edited, Genesis, John Lennox, Scripture}

Prof. John Lennox on His New Book Seven Days That Divide the World

_{John Lennox

February 24, 2013}

On this episode of ID The Future, Jay Richards talks with Professor and author John Lennox about one of his latest books, Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science. In his book, Lennox delves into controversial issues surrounding science and faith, answering common questions regarding apparent tensions between scripture and scientific evidence. Tune in as Professor Lennox demonstrates that science and faith are indeed compatible.

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Author
John Lennox

Date
February 22, 2013

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Prof. John Lennox Responds to Stephen Hawking

_{John Lennox

February 22, 2013

Uncategorized}

On this episode of ID the Future, Dr. Jay Richards talks with John Lennox about his book God and Stephen Hawking: Whose Design Is It Anyway?. In this book, Prof. Lennox counters Stephen Hawking’s argument in The Grand Design that “the universe can and will create itself from nothing.” Is philosophy dead, as Hawking claims? Is the so-called M-theory the “only viable candidate” for a complete ‘theory of everything’? Tune in and find out!

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Author
John Lennox

Date
October 26, 2011

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Prof. John Lennox on His New Book Seven Days That Divide the World

_{John Lennox

October 26, 2011

Uncategorized}

On this episode of ID The Future, Jay Richards talks with Professor and author John Lennox about one of his latest books, Seven Days that Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science. Lennox wrote the book after discovering many people who waver between the message of the Bible and the message of science. Lennox discusses ways of interpreting scripture that don’t compromise its authority. “I don’t want to say anything less than what scripture says, but I don’t want to say anything more,” says Lennox.

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John Lennox

Date
October 18, 2011

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Prof. John Lennox Responds to Stephen Hawking with New Book

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October 18, 2011

Uncategorized}

In this edition of ID The Future, John Lennox discusses his latest book, God and Stephen Hawking, a response to Hawking’s recent work The Grand Design. In his book, Hawking attempts to provide answers to life’s grandest questions. Why is there something rather than nothing? When and how did the universe begin? What is the nature of reality? In his response, Lennox questions Hawking’s attempts to refute the need for a creator. “To offer people a choice between God and science as explanation is like offering people a choice between Henry Ford and mechanical engineering as an explanation for a Ford motor car! In order to explain it completely, you need an explanation in terms of science and in terms of agency. It is the same with God and the universe.” Is philosophy dead, as Hawking claims? Is the so-called M-theory the “only viable candidate” for a complete ‘theory of everything’? Tune in and find out!