What Churches Need to Know About Smart Glasses
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“What should your church’s policy for smart glasses be? I recommend that churches prohibit the use of smart glasses in areas of the church building that serve minors, such as the nursery, the children’s ministry area, and the restrooms that families frequent most. Some churches will want to limit the use of smart glasses at church to individuals with visual impairments;” - TGC
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Four Good Questions to Ask Your Tech
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“Why Were You Created?…What Is the Problem to Which You Are the Solution, and Whose Problem Is It?… What New Problems Will You Bring?… What Are You Doing to My Heart?” - Challies
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Articles Messing with Imago Dei: Is “baby optimization” unscientific and immoral?
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“The founder of one company that offers this ‘service’ told Sussman her motivation came from watching her own mother lose her vision to a genetic condition. To help others avoid this fate, her company offers parents ‘a risk profile on each embryo’s propensity for conditions.’” - Breakpoint
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What is AI, and how should Christians engage with it?
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“the following discussion examines past, present, and prospective applications of AI, identifies theological principles for thinking about AI, and applies these principles to consider AI’s bioethical implications for human futures.” - AiG
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Pastors, AI Is Here: 3 Questions You Should Be Asking
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“This impact will be at least as great as the internet and email were. So as we consider AI in light of ministry, its present and future, I suggest three conversations pastors should have not only with stakeholders of your ministry team but also their congregations at large.” - Word by Word
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“For the sake of human flourishing, it’s time to ask where tech is taking us and why.”
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“A new project to explore how technological progress should serve human flourishing has united a stellar group of conservative leaders. A Future for the Family: A New Technology Agenda for the Right is asking where technology should take us.” - Breakpoint
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Beware the Fractured Mirror of Digital Technology: Book Review of ‘A Web of Our Own Making’ by Antón Barba-Kay
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“Antón Barba-Kay contends that digital technology—everything from our computers and phones to our smart lawnmowers—isn’t just another stage in technological history. Rather, it’s a unique technology, ushering in a new way of life and transforming us in the process.” - TGC
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The Church in an AI Future
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“Christians must know their purpose to steer a world dominated by AI.” - Breakpoint
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How Much Human Oversight of Autonomous Weapons is Necessary?
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“Long before James Cameron’s Terminator and Stanley Kubrick’s H.A.L. 9000, there was Prometheus…. The theme of playing God resulting in horrible unintended consequences runs through the Western canon, including the Golem of Jewish mythology…and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.” - Providence
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