Can A Computer Be Kind? Parshat Vayera

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

AI is getting frighteningly clever. It can write poetry, compose symphonies, diagnose diseases, and produce remarkably convincing imitations of human conversation. It can even write a clever divrei Torah. Which raises an interesting question. If a computer can imitate [music] human intelligence, could it also imitate human goodness, human kindness? In parshat Vayeira, Avraham Avinu is sitting at the entrance to his tent recovering from his bris milah, his [music] circumcision. It's an unbearably hot day.

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1. 0:01AI is getting frighteningly clever. It can write poetry, compose symphonies, diagnose diseases, and produce remarkably…
2. 0:32hot day. Hashem has deliberately made the weather uncomfortable so that guests wouldn't trouble him, but…
3. 1:02AI welcoming gambit, prepare the meals, serve the guests, and remember everyone's dietary preferences. It might…
4. 1:35with kindness, we become more like him. And the more like him we become, the more…

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