Join the AI Book Club in reading God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O’Gieblyn over winter break! We will meet in February to discuss the book in Pemberton Lounge with snacks and engaging conversation. Date TBA!
Email: aila@amherst.edu to join the mailing list or for questions about the book club.
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O’Gieblyn is a philosophical exploration of what it means to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence. The book examines how technology has absorbed many of the questions previously addressed by theology and philosophy, and how digital metaphors are reshaping our understanding of existence, identity, and consciousness.
In 2024, Amherst College had the honor of hosting author, essayists, and deep-thinker, Meghan O’Gieblyn for a conversation with AILA founder, Lee Spector. Listen here to their conversation about some of the big questions raised in her book and by everyday life in the age of AI.
Borrowing books: There are 3 copies in the Five College Library collection. Copies at other campuses can be requested for next day delivery to Frost Library using the “place request” button in the book’s catalog record (you can search the catalog from the library’s homepage). Books can also be borrowed from the Jones Library in Amherst. Print copies, ebook and audiobook versions available.