Technology

“Robert J. Marks welcomes economics professor and author Gary Smith to discuss the hype around artificial general intelligence (AGI) and AI’s impact on the market.” - ID the Future

“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).” -

“If Protestant responses skewed somewhat critical, Leo may have found a more receptive audience in theologians representing other traditions, who praised his emphasis on human dignity.” - CToday

“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

“And what does this asymmetric conflict, with costly American hardware failing to prevent Iranian missiles from menacing a geopolitical chokepoint, tell us about warfighting to come?” - Unherd

“Leo’s answer is clear: A person’s dignity does not depend on what they can ‘achieve or produce.’” - RNS

Also…

“Christians should affirm neither panic nor utopianism. Instead, we can give two cheers for AI—recognizing it as an outworking of humanity’s God-given creative vocation while insisting on moral and theological limits.” - TGC

“When we are confronted with claims, political sensations, public scandals, and whatnot in some post or other, be sure to start with the question: Is this true? — Remember, ‘Prove all things.’” - Don Johnson

“Three in five Protestant churchgoers in the United States say they are worried about artificial intelligence’s influence on Christianity, according to a new survey that finds deep divisions within congregations over whether pastors should use the technology to prepare their sermons.” - CPost

“The transhumanist vision, then, entails that prior to our death, our patterns will be uploaded to a computer. Then we’ll exist for some time as digital code before our patterns are downloaded into new, better bodies. The parallels to Christian eschatology are striking.” - TGC