Religion & Robots with guest speaker Dr. Candi Cann

“Religion and Robots” with guest speaker, Dr. Candi Cann!

Did you know that South Korea has more robots per capita in the world? Why are Americans so distrustful of AI? Dr. Cann examines the ways in which culture and religion create differing attitudes towards Robots and Artificial Intelligence, examining how and why robots are viewed differently in the United States and Asia.

Thursday, September 12 at Bare Arms! Invite a friend and RSVP on meetup, please!

Agenda
7pm - arrive, grab a drink, hang out & get situated
7:30pm - presentation by Dr. Cc
8pm - Q & A
8:30pm - beer/ bathroom break
8:40pm - continue brewing theology - conversations around tables
9:30pm - prost & g’night

Dr. Candi K. Cann, Associate Professor of Religion in the BIC, teaches at Baylor University in both the BIC and the Religion department. She received both her A.M. and Ph.D. in Comparative Religion from Harvard University, an M.A. in Asian Religions from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and a B.A. in Asian Studies and English from St. Andrews in North Carolina. At Baylor, she teaches courses in World Cultures, Social World, World Religions, Buddhism, and Death and Dying.

Check out her work website: www.candikcann.com and this Patheos film, A Good Goodbye, featuring her work.