“What are we really getting from this windfall of information? What are we doing with it all? In that distinction—between knowing things and living wisely—there is a worldview of difference. Nearly a century ago, in his ‘Choruses from “The Rock,”’ T.S. Eliot foresaw this confusion” - Breakpoint
“Today, artificial intelligence is playing the role that bricks and mortar played in the ancient tale of Babel. And our president, like Humpty Dumpty, is changing names as an indication of who “is to be master.” - World
“A California pastor named Justin Lester has built a digital twin of himself using nearly 2 million words from his sermons, books, and other messages. The artificial intelligence–generated clone offers counsel around the clock to hundreds of people in Vallejo, a city in the Bay Area.” - CToday
“This week, Mere Orthodoxy launched The Faith Received (TFR), a vast online repository of theological texts. For the most part, those texts are in English as a result of AI translation, although the project invites human readers to correct mistakes by comparing the AI rendering to the source texts.” - TGC
Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman - A warning about ‘model welfare’
“The poll found that 11% of AI users have sought spiritual guidance from artificial intelligence, while 13% have used the technology to generate prayers, and 15% say they have used it to study Scripture.” - RNS
“At the heart of the cultural conversation about AI is the question ‘What does it mean to be human?’ AI is forcing us to ask that question in earnest. It’s not a new question, but there’s a particular urgency to it in the digital age.” - TGC
“In reality, the more pressing concerns are about not robot depravity but robot capacity mixed with human depravity. We have seen what happens when a mentally disturbed teenager can get ahold of a semiautomatic weapon. What happens when the same person can employ Einstein-level intelligence to build a virus? Or a chemical weapon?” - CToday
Also:
“The dangers of AI hung heavy over Tuesday’s conference, including the faith-focused panel with evangelical, Catholic and LDS leaders.” - RNS
“Ask a chatbot about a disputed Bible verse and you may get a tidy answer. Ask America’s pastors about the AI response, and you get a warning: That tidy answer could be a real problem.” - The Baptist Paper
