sv podcast – talking A.I. with Pete Phillips

Hello faithful listener, it’s late summer and AI is top of the agenda everywhere … So we are delighted to have Dr Pete Phillips to chat with Darren & Holly all about digital theology and AI. Pete is an honorary research fellow at the University of Durham, a Lecturer at Cliff College and Academic Visitor at Manchester University (and has been on the podcast before). It’s a wide-ranging chat about technology, the environment, and what it might mean to remain fully human in an age of artificial intelligence. Should we worry about our future? Is it ok to use AI to write your church newsletter?

There’s also some extended, nerdy, stuff about fountain pens… and we finish with a quote from the Pope.

Get in touch! Let us know what you think about the importance (or not) of AI. Or pens.

Links
Dr Peter Phillips
Cory Doctorow, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI
Karen Hao, Empire of AI
Offline Podcast
Joanna Stern, I am not a Robot
Hank Green Summary
BBC documentary with Chris MacAusland
Practice of the presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Maori speech recognition programmes
My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
The Tent Peg by Aritha van Herk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This podcast was recorded on Thursday 6 August 2026. Available from Apple Podcasts, TuneIn Radio, and via your favourite podcast App.
Theme music and stings by Nicolai Heidlas.
Duration:  63’30 minutes.

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