Creaturehood Under Conditions of Optimization: AI and the Externalization of Moral Formation
Published online on July 17, 2026
Abstract
Studies in Christian Ethics, Ahead of Print.
Contemporary AI systems are increasingly designed to reduce uncertainty, ambiguity, and cognitive burden. This article argues that such systems do not merely expand human capacities but progressively externalize forms of judgment and existential burden ...
Contemporary AI systems are increasingly designed to reduce uncertainty, ambiguity, and cognitive burden. This article argues that such systems do not merely expand human capacities but progressively externalize forms of judgment and existential burden ...