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The deadly Ebola virus spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo is now outpacing the ability of health workers to respond, according to the World Health Organisation. But medical staff aren’t just battling a virus. They’re fighting scepticism among some communities about whether the disease is real, and the role of traditional burial practices in helping to spread Ebola. The Anglican Bishop of Goma in the DRC, MARTIN GORDON, is overseeing a major church response.
In a powerful warning about the dangers and delusions of artificial intelligence, Pope Leo has taken on the self-styled gods of the 21st century. He’s used his first encyclical to argue that whatever good AI might bring, it should never be controlled by a tiny group of ultra-wealthy tech titans. His 43,000-word encyclical is called Magnificent Humanity.  Dr VICTORIA LORRIMAR heads the Centre for Technology and Human Futures at Notre Dame University Australia, while Professor BETH SINGLER from the University of Zurich is author of Religion and Artificial Intelligence.
GUESTS: 
Rev Martin Gordon, Bishop of the Diocese of Goma, DRC
A/Prof Victoria Lorrimar, Director, Centre for Technology and Human Future at the Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame
Prof. Dr Beth Singler, Assistant Professor in Digital Religion(s), Co-Director, University Research Priority Programme in Digital Religion(s), University of Zurich

In a powerful warning about the dangers and delusions of artificial intelligence, Pope Leo has taken on the self-styled gods of the 21st century. 
He’s used his first encyclical to argue that whatever good AI might bring, it should never be controlled by a tiny group of ultra-wealthy tech titans. 
His 43,000-word encyclical is called Magnificent Humanity. 
GUEST:
Professor Beth Singler from the University of Zurich is author of Religion and Artificial Intelligence.

The deadly Ebola virus spreading through the Democratic Republic of Congo is now outpacing the ability of health workers to respond, according to the World Health Organisation. 
But medical staff aren’t just battling a virus. They’re fighting scepticism among some communities about whether the disease is real, and the role of traditional burial practices in helping to spread Ebola. 
The Anglican Bishop of Goma in the DRC, MARTIN GORDON, is overseeing a major church response.
GUEST:
Rev Martin Gordon, Bishop of the Diocese of Goma, DRC
Rev Gordon on YouTube with an update 27/05

In a powerful warning about the dangers and delusions of artificial intelligence, Pope Leo has taken on the self-styled gods of the 21st century. 
He’s used his first encyclical to argue that whatever good AI might bring, it should never be controlled by a tiny group of ultra-wealthy tech titans. 
His 43,000-word encyclical is called Magnificent Humanity. 
GUEST:
Dr Victoria Lorrimar heads the Centre for Technology and Human Futures at Notre Dame University Australia

Dr Peter John Hollingworth was an Australian bishop who served as Governor-General of Australia from 2001 until his resignation in 2003, resigned, in the wake of controversy over his role in handling sex abuse allegations in the Anglican Church. 
He had previously held the position of Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane from 1989 to 2001.
An Anglican church inquiry found Dr Hollingworth failed to remove late paedophile priests Donald Shearman and John Elliot from the ministry, despite knowing they had sexually assaulted children.
He died in Melbourne on Tuesday, aged 91.
Noel Debien joins ABC TV to explain the impact and significance of a cleric's appointment to Governor General.
Noel Debien is a religion expert and editor of Radio National's Religion and Ethics Unit