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By Christopher M. Reilly, Catholic World Report, March 4, 2026
Christopher M. Reilly is an independent scholar and co-editor of the Human Life Review. His many published pieces cover a Christian response to advanced technology, bioethics, moral theology, and some philosophy. Chris has earned a Th.D. degree (Doctor of Theology) and three Masters degrees. He is author of the book AI and Sin.
A structurally and ruthlessly pragmatic technology should not be saturating and reorienting nearly every aspect of our relationships, intellectual efforts, and connection to reality.
The use and proliferation of artificial intelligence technology (AI) can generate vice and, ultimately, sin. Not always, for AI is a fascinating product of human creativity that promises many practical benefits as well as harmful uses. Nevertheless, there is a powerfully provocative and concerning effect, a great inducement to adopt the vice-like habit of instrumentality—willful submission to the means-end logic of instrumental rationality—that aligns with the core nature of AI.Continue reading >>>>>>>>
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