Has AI Become God? The Ultimate THREAT of Artificial Intelligence. John C. Lennox - #540

Please join my mailing list here 👉 to win a meteorite 💥 In this episode, I sit down with renowned Oxford mathematician, philosopher of science, and public intellectual John C. Lennox to explore the urgent questions surrounding artificial intelligence and humanity’s future. We dive into the biggest questions about AI, consciousness, truth, faith, and what it means to be human in an age of accelerating technology. If you’re curious about whether AI is humanity’s greatest achievement, its greatest temptation, or something even more profound, watch the full conversation and join us as we explore the future of intelligence—and our place within it. Key Takeaways: 01:05 - Who Decides What’s True in the Age of AI? 03:14 - Can AI Ever Be Truly Creative? The ‘Einstein Test’ 04:10 - Consciousness: The Uncrossable Barrier 07:20 - The QWERTY Keyboard Problem: Are We Stuck with LLMs? 19:10 - The AI Hall of Mirrors: Training on Itself 27:02 - Information Isn’t Just Bits and Atoms 32:05 - Are We Trying to Build God? 36:48 - The Deepest Question—What Does It Mean to Be Human? 47:50 - The Temptation to Play God: From Babel to the Singularity 50:14 - AI’s Relationship to Power and Surveillance - Join this channel to get access to perks like monthly Office Hours: 📚 Get my books: Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner, with productivity tips from 9 Nobel Prize winners: Focus Like a Nobel Prize Winner, with life-changing interviews with 9 Nobel Prizewinners: My tell-all cosmic memoir Losing the Nobel Prize: The first-ever audiobook from Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican Follow me to ask questions of my guests: 🏄‍♂️ Twitter: 🔔

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Has AI Become God? The Ultimate THREAT of Artificial Intelligence. John C. Lennox - #540 is an episode from Into the Impossible With Brian Keating by Brian Keating .

This episode is 87:25 long.

This episode was published on Feb 24, 2026.

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