Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic

Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic

By That Nerdy Catholic PodcastScienceReligion & SpiritualityChristianityEducation
Download on the App Store

Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic episodes

  • Why Productivity Isn’t Everything, Your Worth More than Your Work
    Episode Overview Hosts: Seth Paine, Lee Sondeno Topic: Magnifica Humanitas, Chapter 1, Paragraphs 28–35 Historical Scope: Pope Leo XIII to Pope Paul VI (1891–Post-Vatican II Era) Key Discussion Points & Timestamps [00:04] Introduction & Banter: Winding down the summer, return-to-school routines, and philosophical takeaways from the latest Spider-Man film. [09:33] Deciphering Paragraph 28: What “development
    1 hr 19 min
  • The Church in the Machine: Walking with Humanity Through the AI frontier
    Episode Overview Hosts: Seth Paine & Lee Sondeno Document Focus: Magnifica Humanitas, Chapter 1 (Paragraphs 17–27) Core Theme: The intersection of eternal gospel truths, Catholic social doctrine, and the exponential rise of artificial intelligence. Key Insights & Discussion Points The Disruptive Reality of AI: Analyzing Pope Leo’s assertion that AI isn’t just another theme to
    1 hr 22 min
  • Remaining Profoundly Human in the Age of AI: The High Cost of Efficiency
    🎙️ Episode Overview In this episode, Seth and Lee continue their deep dive into the dense introduction of Pope Leo XIV’s groundbreaking encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”). Transitioning away from a simple “yes or no” Luddite stance on technology, the hosts wrestle with the fundamental choice facing the modern digital landscape: Are we building a
    1 hr 21 min
  • Why OpenAI and Elon Musk are Actually Listening to the Pope 💻
    Ever Ancient, Ever New: Facing the AI Revolution with the Catholic Church What happens when an IT guy, a programmer, and an engineer look at a papal encyclical? You get a masterclass in how to live out your faith in the digital age. This week on Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic, Seth officially welcomes
    46 min
  • AI in the Workplace: Helpful Tool or Overhyped Magic?
    Show Notes: AI in the Workplace: Helpful Tool or Overhyped Magic? Podcast: Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic Hosts: Seth Paine (Programming/Video Production background) & Cesar Rios (Electrical Engineering background) Guest: Lee Sondeno, Director of Young Adult Ministry at St. Victoria (Victoria, MN) and 18-year IT industry veteran Episode Overview In this episode, the team
    53 min
  • Why Work When We Can AI? The Purpose of Work in the Rise of AI 🤖🤔
    Will AI Kill Your Creativity? Work, Labor, and Automation 🤖💼 Can machines truly replace human creativity, or are we just letting them enslave our minds? In this episode of Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic, Seth and Cesar dive deep into the ethics of artificial intelligence, labor, and what it means to be a “creator”
    42 min
  • What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, AI & Privacy
    Is AI spying on you? In this episode of Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic, Seth and Cesar kick off their series on the ethics of artificial intelligence with a deep dive into AI privacy and AI data collection. They try to break down what really happens to your data when you use tools like
    38 min
  • AI vs. The Soul: Why Machines Can Never Be Human
    In this episode, Seth and Cesar pull back the curtain on the “language of AI” to show how the words we use, like learning or deciding, can actually trick us into thinking machines are more human than they really are. They chat about how language isn’t just a way to swap info, but a reflection
    51 min
  • Going Deeper into AI: The Guts of ChatCPT and Large Language Models
    In this episode, we take some time to look under the hood of how a Large Language Model (LLM) like ChatCPT works. Building off of the previous episode where we looked at neural networks, the basis for all AI, we explore how these neural networks are used to comb through large quantities of text, find
    46 min

About Nerding Out with That Nerdy Catholic

From the publisher's feed

That Nerdy Catholic's aim is to explore the intersection of the sciences and faith. How do we think of the creation of the universe in light of all we are learning in the fields of astronomy and…