Seven Religious Reactions to Nanotechnology

Toumey, Chris

doi:10.1007/s11569-011-0130-2

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“…This worldview contrasts with the Christian worldview, where mankind should not tamper with (the creation of) life (cf., discussions on abortion and euthanasia). Similar debates on other technological advances emerged (cf., medical vaccinations, nanotechnology) (Hussain, Ali, Ahmed, & Hussain, 2018;Toumey, 2011). Thus, newspapers with a Christian worldview are expected to differ from other newspapers in the choice of AI-related topics and terms of the evaluations of AI.…”

Section: Types Of Media Organizationsmentioning

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Artificial Intelligence in the Dutch Press: An Analysis of Topics and Trends

Vergeer

2020

Communication Studies

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The present study focuses on newspaper articles published in all newspapers in the Netherlands from 2000 up to 2018 on how they report on artificial intelligence. The study showed how reporting changes over time and how different types of newspapers report differently about various topics in the field of artificial intelligence. The findings show that newspapers increasingly report about AI from 2014 onward. Newspapers do so on a wide range of topics related to AI. Several types of newspapers showed distinct coverage of many artificial intelligence-related topics. Although robots and their football capabilities appear to be ever-present in newspapers, recent articles about tech giants and fake news are more prominent in newspapers. One of the most notable findings was that religious newspapers published less about AI topics, even though some topics on artificial intelligence have religious connotations (cf. singularity, consciousness). Sentiments about AI in newspaper articles remained balanced between positive and negative sentiments over the years.Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a promise to society for a long time. Turing (1950) is the first to mention intelligence in a computing machine, which became known later as AI. The technological advance of AI has been slow but steady. It encountered beautiful summers when the sky was the limit: quick progress in algorithms in times with unlimited funding. However, it was also met by severe winters when the development ground to a halt for extended periods, and funding was cut back (Crevier, 1993). Since the early 2010s, AI has seen a strong revival, due to new perspectives, particularly the use of neural networks algorithms for deep learning, particularly Hidden Markov Models, combined with the availability of Big Data to train these algorithms. At the same time, trained AI models are accessible for software developers, using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), as provided by companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. In the late 2010 s, many people use AI in consumer products, knowingly or unknowingly. Devices such as iPhones, Android phones, Google Home, Amazon's Alexa, computer games, chatbots on websites that often have AI-driven apps. So, does this mean AI is an accepted technology? To make that decision, people can rely on direct experiences by using the technology first-hand, using these applications. Mostly, these applications are for fun and play and have become quite popular. People can also use external information sources to learn what lies ahead in the near and distant future.

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Section: Types Of Media Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Artificial Intelligence in the Dutch Press: An Analysis of Topics and Trends

Vergeer

2020

Communication Studies

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“…Prior research has demonstrated the influence of the individual‐level variables (Adamczyk 2013; D'Alessandro, Peltier, and Dahl 2011; Evans, Zanjani, and Kelley 2005; Evans and Kelley 2003; Finke and Adamczyk 2008; Haidt 2008; Kelley and Evans 1996; Peters et al. 2007; Scheepers and Van der Slik 1998; Sikora 2009; Toumey 2011), so it is important to control them in order to obtain as pure a measure of the impact of diversity as possible.…”

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Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe: Evidence From 90 Nations, 300,000+ Individuals

Evans

Kelley

2021

Scientific Study of Religion

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In societies where the populace exhibits a wide range of religiosity, social conservatives (religiously devout or socially traditional) feel their beliefs and way of life threatened, even where others in their society (secular, or socially liberal) have no desire to threaten them, or to discriminate against them, or even to proselytize. Examples include devout English Pilgrims in liberal 16th century Holland and devout Muslims in liberal 21st century Western Europe. We suggest that this is because diversity in religiosity itself poses a threat to conventional personal morality (attitudes on abortion, divorce, euthanasia, suicide, prostitution). The consequences of societal diversity in religiosity (the centrality of religion to one's life) for individuals’ endorsement of conventional personal morality have been neglected in prior research. This paper shows that diversity in religiosity at the national level undermines individuals’ endorsement of conventional personal morality, net of an individual's own religiosity, net of the average levels of religiosity and socioeconomic development in the individual's society, and net of key individual‐level controls. Data are pooled from the World Values Surveys/European Values Surveys, 1981–2008, with 90 countries, 200+ surveys, and 300,000+ individual respondents. Analysis is by multilevel methods (variance components models with fixed effects and random intercepts, estimated by generalized least squares [GLS]).

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“…Some of these studies also looked at the role of religion in the process of accepting nanotechnology (Brossard et al, 2008). Most recently, Chris Toumey (2011) has investigated various religions’ answers to nanotechnology, observing that while religious beliefs may influence people’s attitude toward nanotechnology, a particular religion’s approach toward nanotechnology does not determine it unequivocally.…”

Section: Public Attitudes To Nanotechnologymentioning

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Science and National Pride

Lemańczyk

2014

Science Communication

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This study is the first attempt to study media representations of nanotechnology in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Content analysis has been used to investigate the potential risks and benefits of nanotechnology, centering on the dominating frames, themes, actors, and tone and on the geographical focus of the articles published in the Iranian daily press between 2004 and 2009. The results will offer a new perspective to the ongoing discussion on the social aspects of nanotechnology, looking at it through the lens of a different culture, religion, language, and sociopolitical system.

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Seven Religious Reactions to Nanotechnology

Cited by 12 publications

References 17 publications

Artificial Intelligence in the Dutch Press: An Analysis of Topics and Trends

Artificial Intelligence in the Dutch Press: An Analysis of Topics and Trends

Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe: Evidence From 90 Nations, 300,000+ Individuals

Science and National Pride

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