Psychology & The Cross

“I'm not a machine,” Jung insists in one of his last recorded interviews. What might his resistance tell us about our relationship to technology today?

An audio essay by Jakob Lusensky, featuring Jung’s original voice, on artificial intelligence, faith and the work of becoming psychologically mature.

 From the upcoming essay Living from the Centre, exploring Jung’s religious attitude in an age of AI.

Music licensed under creativecommons.org: Ketsa - From deep down

References

Amodei, D. (2026, January). The adolescence of technology: Confronting and overcoming the risks of powerful AI. https://darioamodei.com/essay/the-adolescence-of-technology

Jung, C. G. (1970). The undiscovered self (present and future). In Civilization in transition (R. F. C. Hull, Trans., 2nd ed., Collected Works, Vol. 10, paras. 488–588). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1957)

McLuhan, M. (1964). Understanding media: The extensions of man. McGraw-Hill.

Nordenstreng, K. (1961, February). Interview with Carl Gustav Jung [Audio recording]. Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle). https://sites.tuni.fi/kaarle/interview-with-carl-gustav-jung/

What is Psychology & The Cross?

Jungian analyst Jakob Lusensky engages in dialogue and research at the intersection of depth psychology and Christianity, exploring what it means to become more fully human in our time.

Learn more about the center: https://www.cross.center