Under the High Patronage of His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and All the East, a lecture titled “Artificial Intelligence and Theology” was presented at the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand on Tuesday, April 16, 2019 and on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The lecture was jointly presented by Professor Aleksandar Petrovic from the University of Belgrade, Serbia and Professor Aleksandra P. Stevanovic from the University of Kragujevac, Serbia. The lecturers spoke about AI (Artificial Intelligence) around the globe. They discussed its development, its future impact in the world and its use in different fields. They highlighted the extent of interaction between man and robots, which started to look and act more human, i.e. Sophia (robot). Eventually, the lecturers stressed that technology is Fallen Theology that recreates the world but only in form.
