Technoethics

“The International Council for Evangelical Theological Education (ICETE) hosted the online session through its Technology and Innovation in Learning Impact Team… to hear from Walker Tzeng, executive director of the World Evangelical Theological Institute Association (WETIA) and vice president of Olivet University, and John Dyer, professor and dean of educational technology at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS).” -

“Experts on both sides of the AI debate have shared thoughtful rebuttals, but the pope’s approach is a useful template of how Christians should engage the AI conversation. Specifically, that we have an essential role in shaping the development and deployment of technology.” - World

“Citing the increasing use of artificial intelligence tools in the military, a coalition of leaders from several multifaith organizations urged Congress on Friday to take steps to prevent the use of AI-powered autonomous weapons from being used for killing without human intervention.” - CPost

“A major publisher recently pulled a new novel for a novel reason: a strong suspicion that the book was at least partially written by a generative artificial intelligence app. This is likely to become an increasingly common pattern in the world of trade publishing, and new research suggests AI-generated writing is widely infiltrating American newspapers.” - CToday

“To date, state laws regulating AI express a growing consensus among the American people regarding how they want AI to be governed. Americans want legislation that emphasizes inquiry, humanity, transparency, safety, security, and accountability.” - IFS

“our conversation continues with Dr. Donald Wunsch on his experiences with AI and his recent article in the IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine about artificial general intelligence. He first reminds us why Artificial General Intelligence is a problematic term and why AGI is very unlikely to arrive by 2030” - Mind Matters News

“In today’s segment, Dr. Wunsch discusses a paper he recently wrote that challenges both techno-optimism and doomsday narratives, arguing that the greatest dangers of AI arise not from autonomous machines, but from human misuse, poor policy and concentrated power.” - Mind Matters

“There’s a line between using AI to lessen the burden of ministry and using AI to escape the responsibilities God has called you to do. But as I consider the potential role of AI in my ministry and where that line may be, what I need most isn’t a list of dos and don’ts. I need wisdom.” - TGC

“…pastors need a technologically grounded and theologically informed framework for thinking about AI, one that understands the technology’s core limitation and discerns its usefulness and dangers for discipleship, and especially for preaching.” - TGC