A panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence held

The Section for dialogue in the public sphere of the AEM Missionary Department, together with the Biblical cultural centre, organised a panel discussion on April 17 th , 2024, on the topic “Artificial Intelligence – a good servant and/or a bad master?” at the Belgrade Youth Centre.

In a fully packed hall, with more than a hundred people, the answers to some intriguing questions, such as: (Is it a good servant and/or a bad master? What are the challenges we are facing, and how should we relate to them? What are the fundamental questions that arise from the standpoint of Christian ethics, especially in relation to the possible misuse of artificial intelligence?), were given by:

  • Presbyter Dr. Oliver Subotic, the manager of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci (AEM for short) Missionary Department,
  • Presbyter Stefan Jovanovic, a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade,
  • Dr. Aleksandar Petrovic, a philosopher and a professor at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade,
  • Valerijan Matvejev, a software engineer and a Master’s degree student at the Polytechnic University of Nantes, and
  • Deacon Dr. Aleksandar Milojkov, a coordinator of the Section for dialogue in the public sphere of the AEM Missionary Department (and the discussion moderator).

The event was covered by TV Hram

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Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović

Protopresbyter-Staurophorus Vajo Jović was born in 1956 in Ugljevik, Srpska.

Priest in Zagreb and Secretary of the Diocesan Board of the Metropolis of Zagreb and Ljubljana since 1979.
From Zagreb, he served the missionary parish in Maribor.
Parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Belgrade since 1991.
Since 2000, Elder of the same church and Director of the Orthodox Missionary School until his retirement in 2023.

Forty-two years of priestly service are characterized by intensive missionary work.

Recipient of the Order of St. Sava, third degree.

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić

Protopresbyter-Staurophor Radivoj Panić is the coordinator of the Parish Mission Department of the Missionary Department of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci. He was born on April 1, 1961 in Novi Sad. He completed the seminary in Sremski Karlovci in 1981.

From 1986 to 1991, he was engaged as a librarian at the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Belgrade.

He was ordained to the priesthood in 1992. He began his pastoral ministry as a parish priest in Kosova Polje, where he served from 1992 to 2001. After that, from 2001 to 2009, he was the parish priest at the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky, and since 2009 he has served as the parish priest at the Church of St. Sava. He completed his theological studies in 2008, at a time when he was already serving as a parish priest.

He is particularly involved in organizing pilgrimages to Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in humanitarian work. He collaborates with the organization “Our Serbs” from Chicago, through which he actively participates in providing assistance to the Serbian people in Serbia and Kosovo and Metohija, as well as in supporting domestic organizations operating in these areas.

Father Radivoj Panić is considered one of the most respected priests of the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovac.