Silicon Valley is Talking About the Apocalypse... Why Aren't Catholics?

From The Faith & AI Project

Silicon Valley is increasingly comfortable talking about end-times, salvation, immortality, and even the apocalypse — often through the language of artificial intelligence and technological progress. Why aren’t Catholics? In this episode of The Faith & AI Project, Edmund Mitchell sits down with John Johnson for a deep and provocative conversation about AI, technocracy, and what’s really at stake beneath the hype. Together, they explore why AI isn’t just a technical or economic issue, but a profoundly theological one, raising urgent questions about human dignity, salvation, and what it means to be truly human. From “counterfeit human personhood” to transhumanist promises of immortality, from Aquinas to the Book of Revelation, this conversation challenges Catholics to reclaim their own intellectual and spiritual tradition in a moment when the culture is asking apocalyptic questions without theological grounding. This episode isn’t about fear. It’s about clarity. And it’s about why the Church has something essential to say right now. Chapter Markers 00:00 — Counterfeit Human Personhood 04:12 — What Is Technocracy? 08:05 — AI as Salvation Story 12:48 — Machines Move Into Bodies 17:32 — Revelation Is Our Book 22:41 — Defining the Human Person 28:19 — Education vs Training 34:06 — Liberal Education and Hope