A technician works at an Amazon Web Services data centre in Hermiston, Oregon, May 9, 2025. The explosion of massive data centres to handle the increasing generative demands of artificial intelligence has placed high demands on both power and the water used in cooling systems -- millions of gallons per day -- and low-income communities have typically endured the brunt of the air pollution they create. Photo: OSV News / Noah Berger for AWS via Reuters. Moral Theologian at the University of Notre Dame, Prof. Paul Scherz, explored how technology might reshape human relationships, moral judgment, and character at a theology conference in Trinity College on October 9-10 titled ‘Artificial and Intelligent? Being Human in the Age of AI’. The conference was inspired by Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas and explored “what…
Renata Steffens