Marius Dorobantu

Marius Dorobantu is currently completing his PhD in theology at the University of Strasbourg, France, with a thesis on “Imago Dei, Personhood, and Human Uniqueness: Theological Reflections on the Challenges of Strong Artificial Intelligence”. Formerly he obtained an MA in Theology from the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and a BA in Orthodox Theology from the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Papers
  • Dorobantu, Marius, and Yorick Wilks. 2019.  “Moral Orthoses: A New Approach to Human and Machine Ethics”. Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (manuscript in publication).
  • Dorobantu, Marius. (forthcoming 2020). “Will Robots Too Be in the Image of God? Artificial Consciousness and Imago Dei in Westworld”, in Theology and Westworld, eds. Juli Gittinger and Shayna Sheinfeld , Lexington Books (manuscript accepted).
  • Dorobantu, Marius. 2019. “Strong Artificial Intelligence and Imago Dei: One Problem, Two Solutions”, in Proceedings of the ETH Conference 2018: Investigating Transhumanisms and Their Narratives, ed. Paul Jorion (manuscript accepted).
  • Dorobantu, Marius. 2019. “Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and some of the issues in the theology & AI dialogue”, ESSSAT News and Reviews 29, 2: 4-17.
  • Dorobantu, Marius. 2018. “Contemporary Practices of Monasticism at Mount Athos and their Immediate Focus on the Experience of God (in Spanish), Cuadernos Monasticos 206, 273-297.