EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026
The Anti-Chatbot Alliance: New Polity Goes to Washington
from New Polity · host Marc Barnes
The anti-chatbot alliance is growing. With support from the Future of Life Institute, New Polity is hosting a landmark event on AI this October in Steubenville Ohio, bringing together leading Catholic organizations and thinkers to discuss, debate, and chart a path for our world with AI. Event details and tickets will be available in July. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews participants at the Future of Life event in Washington D.C. on their projects, thinking on AI, and how an anti-chatbot alliance can be formed. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. Subscribe now: https://newpolity.com/magazine Shon Pan is a former technologist and author of "What Christians Should Know About AI: Navigating Artificial Intelligence with Biblical Wisdom" available here: https://www.amazon.com/What-Christians-Should-Know-About/dp/1962802302 Michael Marinaccio is the Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Tech: https://responsible-technology.org Michael Toscano is Senior Fellow and Director of the Family First Technology Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies: https://ifstudies.org/about-us/michael-toscano Lily Abadal is an assistant professor of instruction at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Her research focuses on virtue ethics and moral formation, particularly in relation to emerging technologies. https://www.drlilyabadal.com/bio.html
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The anti-chatbot alliance is growing. With support from the Future of Life Institute, New Polity is hosting a landmark event on AI this October in Steubenville Ohio, bringing together leading Catholic organizations and thinkers to discuss, debate, and chart a path for our world with AI. Event details and tickets will be available in July. In this podcast, Marc Barnes interviews participants at the Future of Life event in Washington D.C. on their projects, thinking on AI, and how an anti-chatbot alliance can be formed. Subscribe to New Polity Magazine! Next one's on AI and will be releasing by August. Subscribe now: https://newpolity.com/magazine Shon Pan is a former technologist and author of "What Christians Should Know About AI: Navigating Artificial Intelligence with Biblical Wisdom" available here: https://www.amazon.com/What-Christians-Should-Know-About/dp/1962802302 Michael Marinaccio is the Executive Director of the Center for Responsible Tech: https://responsible-technology.org Michael Toscano is Senior Fellow and Director of the Family First Technology Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies: https://ifstudies.org/about-us/michael-toscano Lily Abadal is an assistant professor of instruction at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Her research focuses on virtue ethics and moral formation, particularly in relation to emerging technologies. https://www.drlilyabadal.com/bio.html
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