Overview

The Monastery of Circuits is written for general readers who sense both wonder and unease about artificial intelligence. The opening chapter immediately draws them in with its reflective, human voice--an invitation to see technology not as threat but as companion in contemplation. Blending spirituality and forward-looking realism, William Van Ornum speaks to those seeking meaning amid modern circuitry. His central message is hopefulness--the conviction that AI need not diminish humanity but can deepen human awareness, reverence, and union with the sacred.

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""William Van Ornum has crafted a unique meditation on our technological moment, drawing unexpected parallels between ancient monastic wisdom and the digital realm we increasingly inhabit. By reimagining AI through the lens of contemplative tradition--complete with rules, silence, and pilgrimage--he offers both technologists and spiritual seekers a fresh vocabulary for understanding our relationship with artificial intelligence. This brilliantly creative book invites us to consider whether the disciplines that have sustained human flourishing for centuries might also illuminate our path forward in the age of algorithms. A timely and unique contribution to the conversation about technology's place in human life."" --Ilia Delio, OSF, Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology, Villanova University ""AI is the almanac and dominant metaphor of our times, and William Van Ornum engages it with gusto. As medieval libraries hummed with murmuring monks at readings to instill and project universal love, so computer circuits extend our spiritual lives. Van Ornum ingeniously invokes the aliveness and enduring role of contemplative traditions in the modern world."" --Evander Lomke, American Mental Health Foundation

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William Van Ornum is a writer, clinical psychologist, and retired professor of psychology at Marist University.

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