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Robert M. Geraci

Robert M Geraci is the Knight Distinguished Chair for the Study of Religion & Culture at Knox College (Galesburg, IL). He is the author of Futureproofing Humanity: Existential Risk and the Technomyths of Human Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Future Among the Stars.

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Via Jokes, ChatGPT Chooses Which Religious Traditions and Figures Deserve Respect — And Therefore What Counts as 'Religion'

ChatGPT is all the rage. It even drives some people into a rage. It does some remarkable things, it does some outrageous things, it does some absurd things. Most things it does badly, such as tell you…
Robert M. Geraci
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Religion Dispatches

Is the Metaverse the Hero We Need to Rescue Us From Suffering and Enchant the World?

After a few years hiding in the basements of techno-enthusiasts, virtual reality is back in the limelight. Just in time for a new Matrix movie, Facebook rebranded itself as Meta and tried to take…
Robert M. Geraci
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Religion Dispatches

A Moral Galaxy: War and Suffering in "Star Wars: The Old Republic"

A new Star Wars film premieres this week, accompanied by the kind of social ferment usually reserved for presidential elections—or in the case of this year, papal visits. Beyond George Lucas’ classic…
Robert M. Geraci
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