“Otherwise we’ll become seagulls in the trash heap”: Metropolitan John urged students not to replace culture with algorithmstranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol

On the eve of Youth Day, Metropolitan John and Belgorod students discussed the “angels and demons” of artificial intelligence

On the eve of Youth Day, a meeting between Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol with students was held at the Belgorod campus of School 21. The main topic of the discussion was the influence of artificial intelligence on society, education and spiritual culture. The conversation was also attended by the Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region - Minister of Youth Affairs Tatyana Kireeva and Doctor of Philosophy, Professor Mikhail Ignatov, who moderated the meeting.

The conversation turned out to be lively and sharp. Students asked whether AI could be considered a human attempt to invade the divine plan, and whether the use of neural networks in school, where personality is formed, is dangerous. Metropolitan John, answering these questions, warned against illusions: according to him, artificial intelligence created by man “carries within itself all the strangeness and sinfulness of man,” and therefore cannot compete with the divine program.

The ruler saw the main threat not in the algorithm itself, but in the loss of control. "The threat is that we...