Something very interesting is happening in response to the AI revolution. The biggest questions about what human beings are — and who we want to become — are now being engaged at scale. It is basically a cliché at this point to point out, “Oh, there’s another artificial intelligence conference happening?” Or another AI podcast. Another AI cable news segment. Another AI legislative committee.

But this is a proportionate response to the moment we face. We are in the early stages of a revolution and, quite rightly, it is all hands on deck. Even religious communities are gearing up for a massive response. I’m one of three lay consultants for a new AI task force created by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, for instance, and one of our main goals is to continue building our relationships with Silicon Valley and the AI labs working on the growing edges of the revolution — relationships that the Church has been cultivating for some time.