The world’s religious thinkers are currently trying to figure out what to do about AI—albeit in fits and starts. Conferences are being convened. Books and articles are being commissioned. Google “Muslim approaches to AI” or “Catholic approaches to AI” and real substance will pop up. Most of this has happened in the last five years. The wheels are really turning.

Most of the global population participates in a traditional religion. Yet the perspectives of these religions are largely absent from strategic AI discussions. This initiative aims to support religious groups to voice their faith-specific concerns and hopes for a world with AI, and work with them to resist the harms and realise the benefits.