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John C. Lennox (MA MMath. MA (Bioethics) PhD, DPhil, DSc, FISSR) is Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) at the University of Oxford and (Emeritus) Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is author of a number of books on the interface between science, philosophy, and theology, including, God and Stephen Hawking, Determined to Believe, Can Science Explain Everything? and Cosmic Chemistry: Do God and Science Mix? Prof. Lennox is a widely recognized public intellectual who has engaged in numerous debates with public figures such as Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Ruse, and Peter Atkins on questions at the interface of science, philosophy, and religion.

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In response to recent popular accounts, scientist and philosopher John Lennox offers a Christian perspective on humanity's future with technological enhancement, bioengineering, and AI. Here is a thought-provoking, controversial, balanced, and engaging account of the problems raised by AI and the atheist conception of what it means to be human.

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Preface 1. Two Big Questions: Humanity: Where from and Where to? 2. Narrow Artificial Intelligence---The Future Is Bright? 3. Narrow AI: Perhaps the Future Is Not So Bright After All? 4. Upgrading Humans 5. Artificial General Intelligence---The Future Is Dark? 6. The Genesis Files: What Is a Human Being? 7. The True Homo Deus 8. Future Shock: The Return of the Man Who Is God Appendix: Christian Transhumanism?