With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), experts are growing increasingly concerned about the potential applications and pitfalls. For Christians, artificial intelligence poses even more questions and concerns. How should Christians interact with AI? Is there an opportunity to share the Gospel through this alternative avenue?
D. L. Moody Center President Dr. James Spencer is proud to announce a helpful new guide, “Twenty Questions: Christian Resistance, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence,” to help ease concerned Christians into the world of AI and how to best navigate this new platform. In the guide, Spencer tackles common questions that Christians might have regarding AI in a thoughtful and engaging way.
“We continue to interact within a digital environment that has contributed to the world’s proficiency at telling stories that deny God,” Spencer commented. “Recent artificial intelligence (AI) developments make technological ‘advances’ seem inevitable. Perhaps they are. As such, Christians should be aware of technologies such as AI and be informed before adopting AI models, the metaverse, social media, and other digital technologies.”
Despite any potential fears Christians might have are not necessarily unfounded, according to Spencer, but Christians need to be aware of the possibilities and limitations AI might when it comes to the Great Commission.
“Technology is not essentially evil,” Spencer continued. “Still, technology is not neutral either. Christians don’t need to be afraid of it. Still, we need to take care that we do not diminish our capacity to testify to Christ by utilizing technology. As the contexts in which we exist adopt new ideologies and ways of seeing God, humanity, and creation, we must be aware that AI models are not necessarily neutral tools. They may well be reinforcing an understanding of the world that will hinder us from conforming to the image of Christ.
“This guide is intended to provide some basic information about AI, as well as some frameworks to assist readers in thinking about technology and AI. My hope is that I have offered a theological perspective on these matters that will help Christians interested in this topic area ask better questions and demand better answers.”
To hear more from Dr. James Spencer about artificial intelligence, see his latest comments in FOX News.
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D. L. Moody Center releases groundbreaking guide for Christians anxious about artificial intelligence