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“AI systems can do certain tasks that humans cannot, and they can do things at much greater speed and with fewer errors than humans can…. humans can do certain things that AI systems cannot, and we can do certain things much faster, more reliably, and with much less energy consumption” - Hugh Ross

Discussion

Tue, 06/27/23

There was a recent article written at TGC about using AI in pastoral ministry. The author's conclusion was it's okay to use AI for structured / supervised tasks. One example he gave was having AI come up with application / study questions over a passage of Scripture or sermon. Instead of spending 30 minutes or more coming up with 10-15 good study questions about the passage, just have AI do it.

Well, I created a ChatGPT user account and asked for 10 application questions on different passages of Scripture. I have to admit, ChatGPT did a good job with the questions and produced them with seconds.

So, I liken ChatGPT to Logos. It's a tool. Use it to streamline the peripheral tasks involved with ministry and sermon prep. I use Logos to do the hard work of gathering and searching my theological library for various topics or passages. It doesn't create content like ChatGPT, but it does curate the content I already have.

Tue, 06/27/23

AI is “dependent on human input and training.,” true. But humans can program AI to replicate other AI devices and programs and to pursue accumulating more input (say via research off the internet)independent of direct human input. What we have now is relatively primitive compared to what AI could be in just a few years.

AI might be a genie offering three wishes, but it allows the third wish to be a wish for infinite wishes.

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