How do we prevent the worst-case AI scenario? Religious AI scientists
AI technologists need to view a higher power as the ultimate creator, which would temper the scope of their inventions
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News Matan Kahana, a Bennett ally, visits U.S. to promote religious reforms in Israel
In a country like Israel, where regional conflicts and diplomacy are always dominating the headlines, a ministry with seemingly less relevance has caught the attention of Israeli citizens and American Jewry alike. The ministry for religious services, headed by Matan Kahana, a member of Prime Minister Naftali Bennet’s Yamina Party, has in recent months undergone…
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Fast Forward Americans Love Jews But Are Clueless About Judaism, Survey Finds
(JTA) — U.S. Jews know more about religion in general than their non-Jewish neighbors, a new survey shows. Americans who are not Jewish, meanwhile, don’t know a lot about Judaism. But they like Jews more than any other religious group. And they think there are more Jews in the country than there actually are. The…
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News Is A Christian Foster Care Agency’s ‘No Jewish Parents’ Policy Kosher?
For years, Beth Lesser and her husband had longed to care for foster children at their home in Greenville, South Carolina. But when she attended a training session for a child-mentoring program, Lesser found out that the largest state-funded foster care program in the area only works with prospective parents and mentors who are Protestant…
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