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ILIA DELIO

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Saturday 9am-3pm,
WHY AI NEEDS SPIRITUALITY
Re-Enchanting the Earth


About Ilia
Ilia Delio is known as a ‘Theologian Futurist’. She is a Franciscan Sister with Doctorates in
both Religion and Science, with interests in evolution, physics and neuroscience and the
importance of these for theology. She currently holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed
Chair in Theology at Villanova University, and is the author of twenty books.

Ilia argues that quantum physics and neuroscience are key elements informing our understanding of
spirituality and the future of both the human race and our planet.

She sees A.I as being an extension of human intelligence, and a product of the soul.
It is therefore crucial that the future of A.I. is imbued with the spiritual values that are at the heart of our experience within the soul.

About the Event
In this event Ilia will unpack the problems and opportunities of AI with a perspective that AI
is really the next step in the human evolutionary story.

She sees that, as we use technology more and more to enhance life, we are entering a ‘trans-humanist’ phase of our development.

This means that we are moving beyond our mere biology to use A.I. to assist us in our process of living.

What are the implicationsIlia Book 2 of this, and is there a way we can develop this that can enhance
our ‘deep relationality’?

How can our spiritual understanding and the framework of values that comes out of this enable us to
use this intelligence to bring greater peace and harmony to our world?

“AI is not the problem. We have to look at why we are
developing it, and to what end”.

To prepare for this day the best book of hers would be: “Re-enchanting the Earth: Why A.I. needs
Religion.

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Ilia Speaking


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We are Nicholas and Heather Vesey. 
We lead the services here at the Aspen Chapel most Sundays.
Have a look around our site. There are plenty of free courses to watch from our 'Wisdom from the Top of the World' page. Click here to go to it

If you are planning on a visit, here is some information as to what to expect:

When: We meet every Sunday at 9.30am for about an hour. If you cannot make it in person, you can live stream the event by clicking here.

Where: We are the chapel by the roundabout as you come into aspen. Specifically here.

What: We (Heather and Nicholas) come from a Christian Episcopal background, however our community draws from all the world’s wisdom traditions with the aim of learning together to live our lives more skillfully.

And there are local musicians from up and down the Roaring Fork Valley to play for us.

Every week we will focus on a topic within a theme.

Light imageAt the moment we are looking at what the topic of 'Gathering in the Light'.
In these troubled times how do we make our way forward. Finding light in the shadow of darkness.
This series is about how to gather the light around us and become sources of light for others.



There will also be prayer and meditation, generally led by Heather, and Nicholas will give a talk on the topic for the day.


Finally, there is an opportunity for discussion and feedback as we pass the microphone around for everyone to join in.

Kids? We also offer childcare with younger children being looked after and given creative ways to look at a topic for the day.

Coffee and Yummies. After the service there is a food and drink reception for everyone to get to know each other a bit more.

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