3.23 Dustin Ryan, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • “A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence”

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:40
• Dustin Ryan’s Background – 02:45
• How Has Christianity Influenced Ryan’s View of Artificial Intelligence? – 05:23
• Dr. Wellum’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence? – 06:55
• Dustin Ryan’s Favorite Sci-Fi Movie and One That Might be Like The World of Tomorrow? – 08:45
• Definitions of Artificial Intelligence and Generative A.I. – 10:40
• What is the Timeline & Trajectory of A.I.? – 15:15
• What Are Some of the Motivations and Who Are the Architects for Bringing A.I. Forward? – 17:03
• How Does A.I. ‘Learn’ and ‘Get Smarter’? – 21:03
• How Does A.I. Give Prescription Not Just Description? – 23:39
• How Could A.I. Help the Church? – 27:03
• What are the Trade-offs to a Church Making Use of A.I.? – 30:21
• Is Media Ecology Something that Ryan’s Company Has Discussed? – 34:36
• A.I. and Human Self-Consciousness – 36:28
• Concerns about A.I. – 39:13
• Seeing Scripturally With Our Eyes – 42:50
• Closing Thoughts and Thinking Critically – 49:00
• Outro – 52:17 

Resources to Click

• ⁠“A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence⁠” – Dustin Ryan
• ⁠“What is Artificial Intelligence?”⁠ – IBM
• ⁠“What is Artificial Intelligence in Medicine?”⁠ – IBM
• ⁠“AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity⁠” – Kristalina Georgieva
• ⁠“Google ChatGPT Rival Bard Flubs Fact About NASA’s Webb Space Telescope⁠” – Carrie Mihalcik
• “⁠Disgruntled ex-athletic director used AI to generate fake racist rant in principal’s voice: police⁠” – ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
• ⁠“How a Deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok Turned into a very real AI Company⁠” – Rachel Metz
• “⁠Sharing Deepfake Pornography Could Soon be Illegal in America⁠” – Emmanuelle Saliba
• “⁠Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools⁠” – Natasha Singer
• “⁠ChatGPT Leans Liberal, Research Shows⁠” – Gerrit De Vynck
• ⁠Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Artificial Intelligence and Our Brave New World⁠
• ⁠Give to Support the Work⁠

 Books to Read

• ⁠No Place For Truth: Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology – David F. Wells