The promise of AI seems unlimited - but what about the downside? Last March, the Octet Collaborative hosted an interdisciplinary colloquium devoted to the question of AI & Human Formation, which became the basis for this special season of the Infinite Corridor podcast. Over the course of a rich day of interdisciplinary conversation, we considered what is formed by AI and how human formation takes place. Finally, we turned to the critical question of who is responsible for the ...
1 Dec 2025
AI and Human Flourishing
AI’s potential seems limitless - and not only according to those building it and profiting from the current AI boom. Curing disease, solving the climate crisis, ending the epidemic of loneliness: there seems no end to the intractable problems that suddenly seem to maybe, just maybe, be solvable with the help of AI. But what sort of people will we become in the process? Are problem-solving and human flourishing necessarily the same thing? Last March, the Octet Collaborative hosted an interdisc...
20 Nov 2025
What Does AI Form in Us?
What will we become with AI? It’s a question easily lost alongside fevered speculation about what AI will do to the economy, politics, national security — and yet it may be the most important question of all. How will AI shape us, as we build it and use it? Last March, the Octet Collaborative hosted an interdisciplinary colloquium devoted to this question, which became the basis for this special season of the Infinite Corridor podcast. In this, the first of three episodes taking you directly ...
15 Oct 2024
Alan Love: Restoring a Common Table to the Sciences
Alan Love ‘95, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Minnesota Center for the Philosophy of Science, talks about how his personal journey of faith and career — traversing an undergrad biology degree at MIT and hospitality work in campus ministry — dovetails perfectly with his interest in the philosophy of science, suggesting that scientists need to walk across the quad, leaving behind their siloes of specialization.
8 Oct 2024
Nathan Matias: Algorithms, Equity, and Citizen Science
Computer Scientist Nathan Matias, PhD ‘17, a professor at Cornell University and founder of the Citizens and Technology Lab, talks about the ethics and implications for equity and justice of machine learning — including how they take a crash collision into his own family history as a Guatemalan American and his ongoing formation as a Christian disciple.
1 Oct 2024
Deborah Chung: Smart concrete and a Spirit-led life in science
Prolific innovator Deborah Chung, PhD '77 and currently professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Buffalo, shares the unexpected ways that her faith in God has animated the concrete details of her daily life as a materials scientist… even when she is thinking about literal concrete.
5 Nov 2023
Rocklyn and Eva Clarke: Disciples Go Where the Pain Is
Rocklyn and Eva Clarke, Pastors at Life Church Boston who met as MIT students, discuss their journey to faith at MIT, their experience as African American students on campus, and the many projects they're currently working on, including MITCAN (MIT Christian Alumni Network).
29 Oct 2023
Jack Collins: What systems engineering has to do with reading the Bible well
Old Testament professor Jack Collins ‘76, SM ‘78 discusses the relationship between faith & science - both for a general pursuit of truth, and in his own career in engineering and the study of biblical language.
22 Oct 2023
Scott Francisco: Co-creating the Built Environment
A conversation about the Brooklyn Bridge, sustainable forestry, and how the creation mandate connects humans to the natural world with designer, architect, and MIT alum Scott Francisco, SM ‘05.
15 Oct 2023
Roz Picard: Leaving the Comfort Zone
An MIT scientist describes her journey to faith and her story of risk-taking in life and the lab.
8 Oct 2023
Cullen Buie: The Mountain and the River
Cullen Buie, associate professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Laboratory for Energy and Microsystems Innovation at MIT, and co-founder of Kytopen, talks about how God directed his life into a career in engineering, the huge variety of problems that career has enabled him to address, and how he sets priorities in a life with many callings.
1 Oct 2023
Deborah Haarsma: Science, Wonder, and Awe
Deborah Haarsma, President of BioLogos and MIT Alumni, kicks off the Infinite Corridor podcast by sharing how her work as an astrophysicist encourages her faith in God, and gives her a passion to share her wonder and awe at the universe with scientists and with the church.
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