AI and Hope: How to Cultivate Human Flourishing through Faith, Technology and Imagination with Jaco Hamman

How can we cultivate systems of human flourishing and expand compassion, joy and faith while also integrating artificial intelligence? In the Season 2 premiere of the Quantum Potential podcast, join Provost C. Cybele Raver and Jaco Hamman, director of the program in theology and practice and professor of religion, psychology and culture at Vanderbilt Divinity School. They dive into a riveting conversation on the questions of how to build hope and imagination in the human spirit, using artificial intelligence as a valuable tool.This episode was produced by Vanderbilt University and created through the collaboration of Randolph Infinger, Sydney Jones-Wright, Amber Palmer-Halma, Patrick Sams, Jennifer Stevens, Whit Stiles, Maisie Wilson, and Amy Wolf, with original music by Steven Matthew Carter.This episode was edited and mixed by the team at Sound On // Sound Off. You can learn more about their work at SoundOnSoundOff.com. Special thanks to Jad Abumrad, Vanderbilt University Distinguished Research Professor of Communication of Science and Technology and the executive producer of the Quantum Potential podcast and video series. Copyright 2026, Vanderbilt University.The views and opinions expressed by guests on this podcast are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the host or Vanderbilt University.Follow Vanderbilt on Social Media