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Pause for Faith
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Catholic Life and conversation with Fr Stephen Wang. Live streaming and video library.
Join Fr Stephen Wang each day for conversation, prayer, and reflection on the incredible treasures of the Christian faith. We will dip into Catholic history, the lives of the saints, Christian belief, spiritual traditions, practical tips for everyday life, and some Q&A.
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Join Fr Stephen Wang each day for conversation, prayer, and reflection on the incredible treasures of the Christian faith. We will dip into Catholic history, the lives of the saints, Christian belief, spiritual traditions, practical tips for everyday life, and some Q&A.
Don't be alone. The whole point of Pause for Faith is not just to click on a video but to join a community of viewers who are watching and praying together.
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AI, the simulation, superintelligence, and the search for transcendence
A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here:
A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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AI optimists vs AI pessimists
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The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic
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AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimacy
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Virtual authority: can we trust AI?
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Alignment, ethics, and the challenge of beneficial AI
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AI, transhumanism, and the search for immortality
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AI and the problem of mind, body, consciousness and the soul
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AI, the simulation, superintelligence, and the search for transcendence
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The question of transcendence has also come up in unexpected ways. More and more people involved in AI, such as philosopher Nick Bostrom, are taking seriously the idea that we might be living within an AI simulation, like in the film The Matrix. Speculation about the Simulation has brought up the possibility of a higher intelligence that could create worlds and create our world. It has forced people to consider the idea that this material world is not the ultimate reality, and that there might be a level of reality above or beyond it, on which it depends for its existence. The question of God and a creative, transcendent intelligence is coming alive in a new way because of the questions raised by AI.
A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html
AI optimists vs AI pessimists
th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html
The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic
th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html
AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimacy
th-cam.com/video/gSVSMDwxkcw/w-d-xo.html
Virtual authority: can we trust AI?
th-cam.com/video/Nuhlcj7e8rY/w-d-xo.html
Alignment, ethics, and the challenge of beneficial AI
th-cam.com/video/e6CstnFaTDs/w-d-xo.html
AI, transhumanism, and the search for immortality
th-cam.com/video/mRIiqEzPio0/w-d-xo.html
AI and the problem of mind, body, consciousness and the soul
th-cam.com/video/FZabDuPEOaY/w-d-xo.html
AI, the simulation, superintelligence, and the search for transcendence
th-cam.com/video/GI0zUpRzWWM/w-d-xo.html
The question of transcendence has also come up in unexpected ways. More and more people involved in AI, such as philosopher Nick Bostrom, are taking seriously the idea that we might be living within an AI simulation, like in the film The Matrix. Speculation about the Simulation has brought up the possibility of a higher intelligence that could create worlds and create our world. It has forced people to consider the idea that this material world is not the ultimate reality, and that there might be a level of reality above or beyond it, on which it depends for its existence. The question of God and a creative, transcendent intelligence is coming alive in a new way because of the questions raised by AI.
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AI and the problem of mind, body, consciousness and the soul
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AI, transhumanism, and the search for immortality
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
Alignment, ethics, and the challenge of beneficial AI
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
Virtual authority: can we trust AI?
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimacy
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
AI optimists vs AI pessimists
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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A series of 9 short videos about Artificial Intelligence (AI). See the links to the other videos here: A brief history of Artificial Intelligence (AI) th-cam.com/video/Z9HKO7YoWCU/w-d-xo.html AI optimists vs AI pessimists th-cam.com/video/_LOPELdQlPQ/w-d-xo.html The 19 risks of AI: from small to catastrophic th-cam.com/video/OjBW-ZrN-OA/w-d-xo.html AI, artificial friendship, and virtual intimac...
If Jesus Christ is our King and Saviour - why can't we see him?
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A homily for the Feast of Christ the King, given at the Venerable English College, Rome, 26 November 2023.
The mission of the martyrs and what it means for us today
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A reflection on the Martyrs of the Venerable English College in Rome, and what their life and mission mean for us today. First given as a homily for Martyrs' Day, 1 December 2023, at the VEC.
Advent: when your life is interrupted
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A homily from the First Sunday of Advent, Year B, 3 December 2023, given at the Venerable English College and recorded later in the day. Topics include: how God calls to us from the future; preparing for death; living with a good conscience; dealing with the unexpected; "staying awake" during Advent.
Holiness and the call to heroism in ordinary life
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A homily for the feast of All Saints, 1 November 2023
Gratitude
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The importance of cultivating a grateful heart, and actually saying thank you to those who have been good to us and to the Lord. Based on a homily given at the Venerable English College in Rome, 15 Nov 2023, with the Gospel reading from Luke 17:11-19.
Love and charity in the life of the priest
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Love and charity in the life of the priest
What's the point of a seminary, Fr Stephen Wang
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What's the point of a seminary, Fr Stephen Wang
The life and spirituality of St Charles de Foucauld
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The life and spirituality of St Charles de Foucauld
Why prayer matters in the life of the priest
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Why prayer matters in the life of the priest
1000 pages long? Pls tell what are the actual catechisms ?
I am Getrude from Cameroon. I just started the journey today 9 January 2025. I pray to continue this 33days. Thanks for sharing
I find it interesting that when one becomes a Carthusian, they give up their name and identity and are even buried without any marking. Yet somehow Bruno is mentioned in every video and conversation about Carthusians, so is he allowed to be remembered and only him. Even though there were seven at the start. It seems a bit inconsistent this.
''Loving Father, I accept and offer up this suffering to you through Christ our Lord, Amen'''. Thank you Fr. Stephen
Beautifully presented
So beautiful!!! Hidden, cryptic ways…….that is so amazing………
thank you for the fine talk and also I admire your photo of the saints of Lebanon behind you
This is good teaching 👏
I love your authenticity 🩷
Thank you so much Fr. Stephen for your priesthood 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I'm listening to this captivting explanation of Advent in Indiana, USA. And some time after this explanation was offered. It was certainly interesting. It added to the significaance of Advent as I understand/understood it. Mega thanks.
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Dear reverend I missed one day (day 5) of the consecration. Do I have to restart the consecration from day 1 or do I continue? Thank you
That must’ve been some chore, all those chunks of dragon! St. George pray for us!🙂
Silence is the language of God,
Its represents the yule wheel (like the iron cross) it's paganism.
Thank you very much for this message and for inclusive conclusion of your message. Pray also for Lebanon!
Hi God bless you thank you good God bless you!
Amen!
Hello, I ask of you, are you able to refresh the links in the description? It would be great because It is in sync with November. I hope this reaches you in time. God bless you 🙏
Hi there @JC.369, I intend to begin my road to Consecration tomorrow, Nov 5, 2024 in anticipation of Consecration on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8). I have found that all the links in the description of this video still work and are still relevant for 2024. Hope this helps & God bless.
This is such a great overview of the Gospel of Life by Pope John Paul Ii
St. George pray for us in Jesus' Name. Amen.
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My thought is that the universe is a figment of God’s imagination and unlike the author of a book, He can and did step into it. AI, because it is of this world, it can never reach the level of God’s intellect. At best, it could self-destruct in its attempt to reach beyond the confines of this universe.
The immortality question is the wrong one. It’s not so much a question of whether one would want to live forever; it’s a question of do you want to eventually get old and experience the associated inevitable decline. Needless to say no one would voluntarily choose any degenerative and fatal disease and that is what we seek to overcome through future healthcare. However its not just about disease prevention, it’s about maintaining youthfulness and optimising how we function which for some people may be simple things like eliminating allergic type reactions which can severely limit quality of life even if one is youthful and free of disease. Mental health and happiness is also extremely important and finding ways to augment our minds either through AI, engineered biomes, gene therapies or any other safe means would make living radically longer something that is welcome as opposed to a major burden which is how some people might frame it. With all round better mental and physical health people would be more inclined to not wanting to die. This is my take on it for now.
Thank you so much for this series! I've been interested in considering AI from a faith perspective for a long time, but not known where to start. I love the questions you're asking and it helps me on my journey.
I wouldn't trust A.I. for the same reason that I don't trust religion. It is man made. God did not create man, man created gods.
I want to be with Jesus.; the one who called me into being so that I may be one with Him forever. Sharing in Jesus eternal life. Sharing in the eternal life of the one who made all things and for whom all things were made. I don't want to be separated from Jesus in my full consciousness of self any longer than necessary.
Great thanks fr , I have been watching you on the sycamore program at st marys , Great and thanks
Great series Fr. I’ve been dabbling with this in relation to my work-I will send you something
👎 I can feel my IQ slipping away the more I listen to this anti-intellectual (who's never read Bostrom's "Superintelligence") talk. Who's your target audience? Panhandlers? 3rd world farmers?
4:13 "Some of the pessimists Catastrophize about what's called the Singularity, the possibility that an artificial superintelligence could ... wipe out the human race". That's not exactly what the term "singularity" means. A technological singularity just means that self-improvement exponentially builds on itself so quickly that humans are incapable of predicting what will happen after the singularity. I'd say most believers in techno-singularity are AI-optimists, particularly one of the foremost proponents of the concept, Ray Kurzweil, who wrote "The Singularity is Near".
2:50 "AI is already suggesting self-improvements" Do you have a citation for that? I haven't heard any news along those lines.
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Thank you.
An excellent useful summary of the range of views of specialists. I liked the lion cub analogy very much. I hope you don't mind a couple of observations. 1) I think your viewers would benefit from definitions of AGI and ASI. AGI is around the level of human intelligence, ASI is clearly beyond. 2) You're using 'singularity' in a non-standard way. It's normally used to mean when the progress curve steepens so much that it is reaching into unimaginable territory (ASI). This is argued to be plausible if/when AI self-improvement really gets traction. Of course there would be plenty of risk around that, but 'singularity' in this context isn't used to denote the moment when possible existential risk becomes actual which is generally thought to be much earlier. Many x-risks only needs AGI because of the advantages that AI has over human intelligence (e.g. tireless, massively better comms). 3) The belief in near AGI partly comes from the expectation that Moore's Law will continue to operate, but also the hunch that 'observed scaling laws' which show that increasing hardware/compute/data leads to improved intelligence will continue to hold for some time before a plateau is reached. For myself I guess I'm in your believer category (AGI by the end of this decade not implausible, and I'd bet against having to wait until the end of the decade following), and with strong pessimistic sympathies. My top concerns are not among those you list, I'm concerned that it will transform the nature of our individual and societal experiences more than anyone asked for. None of this I'm sure about, but I fear that we'll pull apart as we talk to AI more and each other less and as shared culture gives way to bespoke content created on individual demand, and I fear that we'll go mad (I don't have a better word) due to the loss of purpose and status when much of human endeavour ranks as mediocre quality. But very few would choose to return to pre-fire, and hopefully this will pan out to the same conclusion, because it surely won't be halted.
"I'm concerned that it will transform the nature of our ... experiences more than anyone asked for". This is also my top concern about AI. My own analogy is that AI will be to us like reading & writing was to Socrates: an end to his way of life, where "really" understanding something meant memorizing and knowing it deeply using only your own brain. In the future, when AI does most of our thinking for us, I hope that humans will continue to exist and find some sort of meaning in life.
What a story, makes my heart ache. A great inspiration in the struggle. Thankful for your efforts to share it with us….
Thank you father ✝✝✝👍👍👍🙏🙏😇😇😇
😮beautiful
Love Saint Teresa and her spirit❤
Thank you
Thank you
Pluscarden Abbey is the Light of the West.
I'm not Catholic I am Pentecostal but I am 100% believer of God I know God is real
Follow the grace that God has given you, and you just may find your way to His Church. God bless.
I am 64 and I still don't know what I ought to be doing😢
Thank you Father. I am so grateful that I found your video. You explained things so well and I look forward to beginning my consecration tomorrow. Please pray for me. God bless you. 🙏💙🙏
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Where are the dates???
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