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Is AI the Printing Press of the Twenty-First Century?

JL;DR SUMMARY The panel discussion moderated by Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin during the 18Forty and American Security Foundation summit explores the challenges and opportunities Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents to the Jewish community, drawing parallels to the historic impact of the printing press. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Artificial IntelligenceEducationTechnologyRabbi Dovid BashevkinDr. Malka SimkovichPrinting PressDr. Moshe KoppelJewish Community ChallengesTikvah Wiener

Places mentioned

Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"He is a professor emeritus of computer science at Bar-Ilan University and a prolific author of academic articles and books on Jewish thought, computer science, economics, political science and other disciplines."
Israel
"He is the founding director of Kohelet, a conservative-libertarian think tank in Israel, and he advises members of the Knesset on legislative matters."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Dr. Malka Simkovich is the director and editor-in-chief of the Jewish Publication Society and previously served as the Crown-Ryan Chair of Jewish Studies and director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies program at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago."
Tenafly, New Jersey, United States
"From 2018 through 2023, she was also the head of school of The Idea School, a Jewish, project-based learning high school in Tenafly, New Jersey."
Massachusetts, United States
"She earned a masters degree in Hebrew Bible from Harvard University and a doctoral degree in Second Temple and Rabbinic Judaism from Brandeis University."
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