MTAConf 2024 Archives Now Available

MTAConf 2024: The Glory of God Is Intelligence, explored cutting-edge developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning through the unique lens of Mormon theology. Held on April 13th in Provo, Utah, the day-long event featured keynote speeches from renowned experts Benjamin Peters and Irina Rish alongside presentations by members and invited guests. Topics spanned the technological frontiers of AI like large language models, computer vision, and neural networks, as well as the profound philosophical and spiritual implications for consciousness, agency, creativity, and human flourishing. Presenters grappled with heady questions around the nature of intelligence, ethics and existential risk, value alignment, the simulation hypothesis, theosis and human exaltation in relation to superintelligence. Throughout, Mormon transhumanist perspectives offered unique theological insights into how embracing science and technological progress can be a deeply religious, even sacred pursuit.

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