Research Guides: Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT and Beyond: AI and Ethics

Podcasts

Ethics of A.I. - Jason Thacker / Christian Podcast with Beto Gudino
Jason Thacker serves as chair of research in technology ethics at The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. He is also the author of The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity with Zondervan. His work has been featured at Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, World Radio, Slate, and Politico. He writes and speaks on various topics including human dignity, ethics, technology, digital governance, and artificial intelligence.

Articles

ChatGPT and the Rise of AI, by Derek. C. Schuutman
"Despite the possibilities for sinful distortions, AI is part of the exciting possibilities in creation that Christians can help direct in God-honoring ways. Christians will need to join the wider dialogue surrounding these powerful new technologies, bringing insights into what it means to be human and to help shape public policy with a voice that is both biblical and relevant."
Artificial Intelligence: Discerning a Christian Response, by Derek Schuurman
"This article sketches some of the implications and important questions that arise surrounding AI. The article concludes by urging Christians to join this conversation, bringing insights from scripture and from Christian philosophy and theology to inform a responsible approach that contributes to the common good."

Videos

AI feels like a tornado that has hit society: unpredictable, powerful, and out of our control. How do we as Christians respond to this force in the world? Curtis is joined by two friends who live and work at the intersection of AI and spiritual reflection: James Cham of Bloomberg Beta and John Kim of the Karamaan Group. Together, the three friends explore how Christians might flip the question from “Where is AI taking us spiritually?” to “Where should Christians take AI?”

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Books

Reference Shelf: Propaganda and Misinformation by HW Wilson
Call Number: P96.P722 U55 2020
ISBN: 9781642656015
Publication Date: 2020-08-30
This edition of Reference Shelf looks at propaganda and misinformation. Social media posts inciting sectarian violence, government-manipulated misinformation campaigns, for-profit fake news headlines, and well-meaning but gullible individuals promoting conspiracies point up the problems with our current media environment. Looking at such issues as Russian election interference, the increasing polarization of media consumption, hacktivism, and the future role AI could play in making fake news more difficult to detect, this volume explores the pollution of our information environment and what we can do about it.
Shaping a Digital World by Derek C. Schuurman
ISBN: 9780830884445
Publication Date: 2013
Digital technology has become a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Our increasingly fast-paced world seems more and more remote from the world narrated in Scripture. But despite its pervasiveness, there remains a dearth of theological reflection about computer technology and what it means to live as a faithful Christian in a digitally-saturated society.In this thoughtful and timely book, Derek Schuurman provides a brief theology of technology, rooted in the Reformed tradition and oriented around the grand themes of creation, fall, redemption and new creation. He combines a concise, accessible style with penetrating cultural and theological analysis. Building on the work of Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, and drawing from a wide range of Reformed thinkers, Schuurman situates computer technology within the big picture of the biblical story. Technology is not neutral, but neither is there an exclusively "Christian" form of technological production and use. Instead, Schuurman guides us to see the digital world as part of God's good creation, fallen yet redeemable according to the law of God. Responsibly used, technology can become an integral part of God's shalom for the earth.