If artificial intelligence takes our jobs, what is left for us to do? There exists in the Jewish tradition, writes Max Raskin, a line of reasoning against utilitarianism in intellectual/spiritual tasks that can be applied to AI: “[T]here are no shortcuts to a religious life. The spiritual struggle itself is the point; our free will is what separates us from animals, angels, and AI.”
Claude’s supposed efficiency in organizing spreadsheets is no excuse not to pray, study, fulfill family obligations, and enjoy leisure. Thus if AI frees us to pursue higher goods, the religious person ought to be an optimist.
For further reading: Liel Leibovitz made a similarly religious argument for AI optimism in the February print issue: “AI as Liberation.” He wrote that, “like all technological upheavals, this one offers us an opportunity to return to first principles and ask ourselves what being human is all about.” And last month, Vladislav Davidzon engaged further with “AI and Jewish Mysticism.” | 
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