Anime Lectio: The Gene of AI

                                                          1. Why do Anime Lectio? 

Anime Lectio is a time for us to stop and take a breath. Between work, activities, family life, and social media, our minds are always moving. We rarely take time to contemplate and ask, why am I watching this anime? What’s the point of all this? And, how is this making me feel? 

2. Put away all distractions 

(phones, work, etc.)

We are so enslaved to things that stimulate our minds. Let this be a moment for us to free our minds, look inside of ourselves, and be at peace.

3. Deep Breathing

Take several deep breaths. Let your mind relax. If you’ve had any questions, desires, or struggles that you’ve been hiding or stuffing away, let them rise up to the surface. 

4. Open yourself to God’s Presence

Remember God places all our thoughts and desires inside of us, and He uses them to draw us closer to Himself. God gives us a community to help us understand who we are and what He is calling us to do. The faces of other people you know and don't know are like signs of God’s presence.  

5. Think About What’s on Your Mind in Relation to the Anime

Think about what’s been on your mind in relation to the anime.  The following is an example of such thoughts written by me. 

What do we think about artificial intelligence, or AI?  Do we think it's a good thing or a bad thing?  Does it depend on how it's used and/or what it's used for?  These questions, as well as others, are usually addressed and/or asked by people who work on AI, work with AI, and/or use AI in their lives or see it being used.  They are also addressed in the anime series The Gene of AI.

6. Brief and written explanation of the anime

Pay attention to how the brief and written explanation of the anime seen on this blog, or seeing the anime for yourself since that's better than any explanation, might “speak” to you or shed light on the things that have been on your minds.

The Gene of AI is a series that focuses on a certain doctor, as well as his assistant, and the people that he helps with their problems related to the use of AI. This also includes other things, like humans who can have their emotions controlled by choosing to become androids, or part machine. In addition to helping other people with their problems related to AI, which also focuses on the people dealing with these problems before and after seeing this certain doctor about it, the certain doctor also has his own problem to deal with related to AI. This problem has to do with his mother and finding her copy, which is something that she went to jail for. After spending time helping people with their AI problems, he decides to spend time dealing with his own AI problem by looking for the copy of his mother, which is what the anime (first season of it?) ends with.

7.  Reflect on the anime

Has this brief and written explanation of the anime shed any light on what's been on your minds?  The following is an example of a reflection on the anime from me.

What I find most interesting about the anime series The Gene of AI is that it doesn't answer any of the questions that people usually have about AI, like the ones seen in the reflection before a description of this anime is given here. What you see throughout the series is what AI can do, how people feel about it, and why that matters. With the information you are presented with in each episode, each episode ends without resolving any issues. It's like each episode is telling you to form your own opinion based on the information given. Information should always lead to formation, whether that be formation of an opinion or formation in/to a certain way of life, which is an important thing to think about, as well as pray about.

8. Final Prayer

Please voice any prayer intentions for friends, family, or people around the world that relate to this anime.  The following is an example written by me.

Let us pray that the information we are presented with is information that leads to our formation.