Speaker: Dan Wesely

Taking Advice From a Marionette

Computer software makes suggestions on what we might want to watch or buy, helps doctors make diagnoses, and judges issue sentencing, even helps vehicles on the road drive more safely. While the perception of computers is that they are making unemotional, unprejudiced assessments, they are based on data provided by humans, and so can hide and perpetuate bias we are unintentionally feeding them.

Note: Religious Exploration is available during the service for children K-5th grade.

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One Little Corner of the Storm

The interdependent web of existence is sometimes difficult to see. Natural disasters have a way of highlighting how connected we are to each other.