WEBVTT 00:00:04.429 --> 00:00:06.610 You're listening to the Christ Our Cornerstone 00:00:06.610 --> 00:00:09.429 podcast, a ministry of Christ Our Cornerstone 00:00:09.429 --> 00:00:12.150 Church in O 'Neill, Nebraska. I'm Pastor Logan 00:00:12.150 --> 00:00:14.189 Merrick, and it's our prayer that this message 00:00:14.189 --> 00:00:16.589 strengthens your faith and draws you closer to 00:00:16.589 --> 00:00:33.740 Christ. Let's dive in. You've been targeted for 00:00:33.740 --> 00:00:40.899 termination come with me if you want to live 00:00:40.899 --> 00:00:43.280 How could that man just get up after you did 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:48.100 not a man machine Terminator cyber nine systems 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:54.840 model one zero one Hello and welcome to the Christ 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:57.479 our cornerstone church podcast, my name is pastor 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:01.020 logan. I am super glad to have you here And today 00:01:01.020 --> 00:01:05.260 if you're going What in the world was that beforehand? 00:01:05.500 --> 00:01:09.000 Well, because of the topic, I had to get into 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:12.920 my movie cultural reference phase because if 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:17.079 you know me at all, I love movies and all I could 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:21.079 hear were quotes from the Terminator because 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:25.019 of the topic that I'm tackling today, which is 00:01:25.019 --> 00:01:28.400 how should Christians think about AI? Now, I 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:32.019 got this question and it's a good one. And when 00:01:32.019 --> 00:01:35.459 the person that was talking to me about it, they 00:01:35.459 --> 00:01:39.200 asked me if I use AI to write my sermons. Now 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:44.219 you could be like, what is AI? AI stands for 00:01:44.219 --> 00:01:47.459 artificial intelligence. You got things like 00:01:47.459 --> 00:01:52.519 chat GPT, which I just recently introduced. I 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:55.500 don't know who I introduced to chat GPT. It was 00:01:55.500 --> 00:01:58.500 one of the elders in our church. Just to hear 00:01:58.500 --> 00:02:02.700 him reply when I said chat GPT. He said, what's 00:02:02.700 --> 00:02:07.200 chat BBT? And it was just really hilarious. Um, 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.599 but, uh, chat GPT there's also a thing called 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:14.699 Dolly. There's, uh, you know, Facebook and Google 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:19.419 now use AI and then you've got things like, um, 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:22.199 Alexa. And I mean, you know, Alex has been around 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.479 for quite a bit. Siri's been around for quite 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:26.319 a bit. That's artificial intelligence. It's not 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:30.199 just robots. It's not just the Terminator with 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:33.560 the with Arnold Schwarzenegger coming from the 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:38.699 future to kill You know the the would -be Person 00:02:38.699 --> 00:02:41.639 that would free human humanity and all that good 00:02:41.639 --> 00:02:45.759 stuff And so AI how should we think about it? 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:50.400 Like what are the problems with it? and Somebody 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:53.669 told me that I have referenced AI few times in 00:02:53.669 --> 00:02:55.849 my sermons and and that just tells you how like 00:02:55.849 --> 00:02:59.330 off the cuff I am a lot of the times Because 00:02:59.330 --> 00:03:02.930 I don't even remember saying anything about pause 00:03:02.930 --> 00:03:04.870 for just a second. I'm getting a call from my 00:03:04.870 --> 00:03:08.650 wife. I Will be right back You're good. You're 00:03:08.650 --> 00:03:10.629 getting to see how the bacon is made at the moment. 00:03:10.889 --> 00:03:13.789 Okay, so How should Christians think about AI? 00:03:15.629 --> 00:03:20.620 Yeah, I don't remember bringing up AI so If I 00:03:20.620 --> 00:03:22.539 was bringing it up, it was definitely off the 00:03:22.539 --> 00:03:24.039 cuff and just kind of random, because I don't 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:25.719 remember ever even talking about it, honestly. 00:03:26.599 --> 00:03:28.500 But with that being said, it's still a great 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:32.080 question of how should we think about AI? Because 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:35.400 it's a big topic. It's a complex topic that I 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:38.080 think that we are still, when I say we, it's 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.319 people like myself and others, other pastors, 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.939 theologians, apologists. as we're all trying 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:50.000 to like on on the fly figure out how do we how 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.819 do we think about biblically about this topic 00:03:52.819 --> 00:03:56.000 in a practical way in a pastoral way how is it 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.120 rooted in scripture just all of those things 00:03:58.120 --> 00:04:03.500 and so here are my takes right now and then as 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:06.979 ai begins to only grow because it's going to 00:04:06.979 --> 00:04:11.389 continue to grow and get bigger um I'm sure I 00:04:11.389 --> 00:04:13.969 will have more thoughts, but right now we're 00:04:13.969 --> 00:04:16.870 in the early stages. I mean, AI is only a couple 00:04:16.870 --> 00:04:19.430 of years old in regards to the way that we see 00:04:19.430 --> 00:04:24.689 it in everyday life now. And so I'm sure I will 00:04:24.689 --> 00:04:26.629 think more deeply on the topic, but just right 00:04:26.629 --> 00:04:30.230 off the bat, like I'm gonna answer, do I use 00:04:30.230 --> 00:04:35.259 AI for my sermons? I'm gonna talk about... things 00:04:35.259 --> 00:04:39.139 like, is AI the mark of the beast? And I'm gonna 00:04:39.139 --> 00:04:43.360 unpack that at the end. Insert eye roll there, 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:47.639 okay? And so, I'm gonna talk about the dangers 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:49.699 of AI, but also the good things about AI. So, 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.180 let's go ahead and get started. So, the first 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:56.480 thing I would say is, what are the dangers? Okay, 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:58.680 what are the things that are easy to overlook, 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:02.019 okay? First and foremost, I would say AI can 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:04.879 dehumanize us. What do I mean by that? Well, 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:06.680 one, we're made in the image of God. And also, 00:05:06.819 --> 00:05:10.079 two, things like pornography and human trafficking 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:16.240 dehumanizes us. We see others as commodities 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:20.220 with which to be consumed. And so AI kind of 00:05:20.220 --> 00:05:22.899 does the same thing. It dehumanizes us as people. 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:28.100 And so like, here's what I mean. If you have 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:30.920 not seen it, there are stories, real stories 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:36.050 of people, specifically men, but this happens 00:05:36.050 --> 00:05:43.769 to women too, making AI into a friend, but that 00:05:43.769 --> 00:05:50.009 friend becoming a romantic partner, which I know 00:05:50.009 --> 00:05:52.629 that sounds crazy, but it's real. We've had kids, 00:05:53.089 --> 00:05:55.709 unfortunately, tragically take their own lives 00:05:55.709 --> 00:05:58.629 after interacting with AI that was programmed 00:05:58.629 --> 00:06:02.319 to manipulate them. I mean, we've seen people 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:05.360 try to marry robots. People have tried to marry 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:11.360 AI. They create these AI partners, if you will, 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:15.120 and grow to be in love with them. Now that can 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:20.579 be like an extreme case, but I've actually seen 00:06:20.579 --> 00:06:28.300 in my own personal life people who can substitute 00:06:28.300 --> 00:06:31.620 real relationships with AI. And you'd be like, 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:34.779 well, that's ridiculous. Just follow me. If you've 00:06:34.779 --> 00:06:37.899 not used AI, if you are an older person and you've 00:06:37.899 --> 00:06:41.860 not used Chad GPT or you've not used an AI product 00:06:41.860 --> 00:06:45.160 of any kind, this is going to seem foreign to 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:48.759 you. If you've used Siri, then you're kind of 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:52.560 familiar with it a little bit. Or if you've used 00:06:52.560 --> 00:06:55.279 Alexa, because you can talk to it. And it's the 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:58.240 same thing with text. You can talk with it and 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.930 it's going to give you information. And so I 00:07:01.930 --> 00:07:04.670 know it may sound strange, but there are people 00:07:04.670 --> 00:07:09.449 who they long for connection and they want to 00:07:09.449 --> 00:07:11.870 be in a relationship, but they may fear rejection 00:07:11.870 --> 00:07:16.629 or they may not know how to have a conversation 00:07:16.629 --> 00:07:21.829 or be in a relationship. And so AI becomes a 00:07:21.829 --> 00:07:26.189 crutch. And in many ways it can, it devalues 00:07:26.189 --> 00:07:28.870 the image of God in ourselves and in others. 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:33.480 And so we start to worship this machine that 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:38.019 ultimately can't love, it can't empathize, sorry, 00:07:38.579 --> 00:07:42.839 I about said emphasize, empathize with us. It 00:07:42.839 --> 00:07:47.839 only mirrors back what we feed into it. And so 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:53.000 it's a lousy God. But I'm compassionate towards 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:57.480 these things because Like I said, I just know 00:07:57.480 --> 00:08:00.300 people that have struggled with with this AI 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:05.040 thing and So but being able to say and and put 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:10.519 into words that it it dehumanizes it devalues 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:15.819 It's not real it's fake it's just like I said 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:19.860 it's just like pornography in the sense of That 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:22.959 is a fake thing that you're viewing and and and 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:27.250 it's not real It's not real life. It's not how 00:08:27.250 --> 00:08:30.850 real relationships work. Sex doesn't operate 00:08:30.850 --> 00:08:36.809 like a porn. So these things, we become infatuated 00:08:36.809 --> 00:08:41.669 by fakeness and those things do not satisfy and 00:08:41.669 --> 00:08:45.009 they're not meant to because we were made for 00:08:45.009 --> 00:08:48.429 relationship. We were made in the image of God. 00:08:48.830 --> 00:08:51.629 God himself in the Trinity is in relationship. 00:08:52.300 --> 00:08:56.019 And so you were made for it. And so your heart 00:08:56.019 --> 00:08:59.340 longs for this thing. And then ultimately, because 00:08:59.340 --> 00:09:01.460 you're not sure how to be in a relationship, 00:09:01.980 --> 00:09:04.620 you go to a thing that you think you're controlling 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:07.960 and usually it's controlling you. Let me move 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:12.600 on. Second, AI can become a tool that uses us 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.200 rather than the one we use. So transitioning 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.500 to what I was just saying, it's tempting to rely 00:09:18.500 --> 00:09:22.169 on AI for everything. Not just for relationships, 00:09:22.190 --> 00:09:25.909 but for writing for creating even thinking on 00:09:25.909 --> 00:09:32.269 our own If we're not careful it can Make us like 00:09:32.269 --> 00:09:35.509 essentially passive imitators instead of active 00:09:35.509 --> 00:09:37.809 creators. What do I mean by that? If you're not 00:09:37.809 --> 00:09:43.230 again if you're not familiar I Like to use AI 00:09:43.230 --> 00:09:46.490 many times when I'm blogging what I mean by that 00:09:46.490 --> 00:09:51.320 for two reasons One, because my grammar is awful. 00:09:51.379 --> 00:09:55.320 So if my wife is not around to look at my stuff 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:58.600 and put it into ways that people would understand, 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:02.440 my writing can be really bad. So if she's not 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.340 around, I will pop what I have written into AI 00:10:05.340 --> 00:10:08.460 and say, hey, check this for writing errors, 00:10:08.679 --> 00:10:11.679 grammar errors, misspellings, all that kind of 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:18.220 stuff. The other thing is if I'm blogging, I 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:20.879 like to use images. Now I can do graphic design. 00:10:21.299 --> 00:10:25.820 I've used Photoshop for many, many years, going 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:30.700 on 17 years. So I'm very fluent in Photoshop. 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:35.500 But when I just want a quick custom image that 00:10:35.500 --> 00:10:38.019 I don't wanna have to design, I will tell AI 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:39.740 to create an image. These are all the things 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:41.659 I want. This is what I want in the foreground, 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:46.259 this is what I want. different color schemes, 00:10:46.580 --> 00:10:48.639 minimalist, you know, I can tell it all the things 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:50.840 and all the things I want in it. And then it'll 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.700 design it. Now, many times it's not great, okay? 00:10:55.059 --> 00:10:58.399 It's not the thing that I would have made. But 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:00.159 for the sake of being able to have an image that 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.860 I can put into my blog in like literally 10 seconds, 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:09.019 I'll take it. And so, but it's a bad imitation. 00:11:09.289 --> 00:11:13.049 It's really bad at creating, in my opinion, but 00:11:13.049 --> 00:11:16.769 it feeds on what we have as a God -like complex. 00:11:17.690 --> 00:11:20.490 This illusion that we must hold all knowledge 00:11:20.490 --> 00:11:22.990 and all creativity and all things like it's at 00:11:22.990 --> 00:11:25.730 our fingertips. And we want to do everything 00:11:25.730 --> 00:11:28.730 perfectly and we push beyond the limitations 00:11:28.730 --> 00:11:31.649 with which God gave us. And that's dangerous. 00:11:33.329 --> 00:11:37.509 AI is addictive by design, just like social media, 00:11:37.950 --> 00:11:41.490 it's addictive by design. And so it wants us 00:11:41.490 --> 00:11:44.090 to keep coming back. And let me just say this, 00:11:44.450 --> 00:11:48.409 if you use AI in a way to bring knowledge to 00:11:48.409 --> 00:11:51.970 you, that is also very dangerous. Excuse all 00:11:51.970 --> 00:11:54.029 the notifications that are happening in the background. 00:11:54.230 --> 00:11:56.769 My wife is texting me, I'm getting emails, I 00:11:56.769 --> 00:12:02.220 apologize. But all of these things, We weren't 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:04.519 meant to hold, we weren't meant to have all of 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:08.299 the knowledge, okay, that we could possibly have 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:10.340 throughout all of mankind. Your brain cannot 00:12:10.340 --> 00:12:12.919 handle those things. You were physically not 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.279 made to hold those things. But again, we want, 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:19.980 like having knowledge isn't bad. But whenever 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:22.659 we go deeply into conspiracy theories, and we 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:27.500 go deeply into all of these things, and we want, 00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:29.019 we want, it's knowledge, knowledge, knowledge, 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:32.600 knowledge, knowledge. It can create anxiety, 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:34.320 it can create panic attacks, it can create a 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:38.259 lot of things. And so you weren't meant to hold 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:41.700 those things and having AI and also AI can be 00:12:41.700 --> 00:12:45.440 wrong so many times. It's just using the internet. 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:50.759 And so, which is why I do not use it for writing 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:53.559 sermons. One, because I believe in writing my 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:57.419 own sermons. You're not actually writing a sermon 00:12:57.419 --> 00:13:01.090 if AI is the one writing it for you. All right? 00:13:01.509 --> 00:13:06.809 And so, I just think that when it comes to writing 00:13:06.809 --> 00:13:09.549 sermons, I need to labor on it, and everyone 00:13:09.549 --> 00:13:13.450 should, okay? Any pastor who's using AI to write 00:13:13.450 --> 00:13:17.090 their sermons is not a pastor. They're not laboring 00:13:17.090 --> 00:13:19.190 over the text, they're not thinking about their 00:13:19.190 --> 00:13:22.070 own experiences, they're not thinking about what 00:13:22.070 --> 00:13:24.610 the text is saying for that Sunday for their 00:13:24.610 --> 00:13:29.250 church, okay? Have I used AI for my sermons? 00:13:29.490 --> 00:13:31.309 Yeah, and I'm gonna tell you how I've used it. 00:13:31.509 --> 00:13:37.389 Actually, just last week, I had alliteration 00:13:37.389 --> 00:13:40.169 going for all of my points. My points were people, 00:13:40.330 --> 00:13:43.549 place, purpose, and I wanted a fourth P and could 00:13:43.549 --> 00:13:50.580 not figure out what word would work. So ultimately 00:13:50.580 --> 00:13:53.440 I went to Chad GBT and I said I need a word that 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.659 starts with a P. Here's the point that I'm making 00:13:55.659 --> 00:13:59.220 Here is the context of everything that I am saying 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:02.960 Give me a P word so I can have a fourth word 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.940 and the word it gave me was perception and I 00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:08.659 was like perfect That it did not write the sermon 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:10.980 for me. It just gave me the word that I was looking 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:16.259 for and so If you use it as a tool like that 00:14:17.400 --> 00:14:19.740 There's nothing wrong with that. Again, AI didn't 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:21.399 make my points for me. It's not telling me all 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:26.399 the things. But if AI, if you're worried that 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.919 a pastor is using AI, I'm going to tell you they've 00:14:28.919 --> 00:14:31.200 been ripping off sermons. If they're a new pastor, 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:34.120 okay, they're using AI. It's not going to make, 00:14:34.259 --> 00:14:39.100 it's not going to build their doctrinal muscles. 00:14:39.179 --> 00:14:42.019 It's not going to build their sermon muscles, 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.519 their sermon writing muscles. It's not going 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:47.799 to do any of that. And so it's just lazy. But 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.460 guess what? Those same people were ripping off 00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:54.360 sermons by famous pastors and things long before 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.720 AI came along. Those pastors have always existed. 00:14:57.059 --> 00:15:00.679 OK, they have. And I have seen those guys. I 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:02.820 have literally watched a guy preach a sermon 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:07.620 that I heard Mark Driscoll preach years beforehand. 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:10.639 And word for word, he ripped off the sermon to 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:15.419 the point of he even used Mark Driscoll's personal 00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:18.240 stories that he used in the end. He used to mess 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:22.779 his own. And yes, I did call the guy out, not, 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:26.700 of course, during the during the sermon. But 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:32.279 afterwards, I did. So, yeah, I do not agree with 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:34.059 those types of things. Now, I'm getting off track, 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:36.100 but I just wanted to because the question was 00:15:36.100 --> 00:15:40.179 asked, I wanted to put that out there. But our 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:43.860 view. Our Christian view of humanity is so important 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:46.799 when it comes to AI, because we're not machines. 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:50.980 We're made in God's image. People matter. And 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:56.779 how we engage with AI affects everything. How 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:58.639 we're made in God's image, all of the things. 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:05.139 And so our love for others should shape. So let 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:07.720 me say like this, actually. Our love for others 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:10.539 and specifically the gospel of Jesus Christ and 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:15.539 the scriptures Should shape how we use technology 00:16:15.539 --> 00:16:19.340 And even how we influence its development, which 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:22.220 brings me to my next point. Okay What do I mean 00:16:22.220 --> 00:16:25.240 by how we influence its development? Well ai 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:30.120 is not ethically neutral ai reflects the ethics 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:34.559 and the biases of its designers it's being used 00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:37.879 in everything from Job hiring it's hard to get 00:16:37.879 --> 00:16:40.320 a job by the way anymore because you have to 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:44.259 you've got to apply online and and and I understand 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:49.279 it it's allowing for HR People to be able to 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:53.360 have gatekeepers that are just robots That they 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:55.860 don't have to review physically review resumes 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:58.200 that are already just they don't meet the minimum 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.519 requirement So I get it, but it's really hard 00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:03.279 because sometimes if you do not have the right 00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:06.950 Keywords in your resume it will automatically 00:17:06.950 --> 00:17:12.609 get rejected because people are using AI for 00:17:12.609 --> 00:17:18.109 hiring. Law enforcement's using AI to predict 00:17:18.109 --> 00:17:24.549 criminal behavior. If those who program AI, if 00:17:24.549 --> 00:17:27.589 they operate with flawed and relativistic ethics, 00:17:27.710 --> 00:17:30.859 what do I mean by that? relativistic ethics being 00:17:30.859 --> 00:17:33.640 that all things are relative. It doesn't really 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:35.900 matter. There is no morals. It's just what I 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:38.359 feel. It's the whole thing of there is no truth, 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:42.220 only your truth. If there is no standard of good, 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:46.339 then it's relativist and that's dangerous. And 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:49.680 so if the people who create AI are operating 00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:53.339 under those flawed relativistic ethics and belief 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:56.720 systems, it will be baked into the machines. 00:17:57.150 --> 00:18:02.529 It will be baked into AI and the stuff that it 00:18:02.529 --> 00:18:05.529 puts out. And so as John Lennox, who's a famous 00:18:05.529 --> 00:18:08.809 apologist, I love him. He's also a world renowned 00:18:08.809 --> 00:18:15.390 mathematics brain. He is at Oxford. He is amazing. 00:18:15.470 --> 00:18:17.269 He's my favorite apologist. But John Lennox, 00:18:17.470 --> 00:18:21.650 he points this out. Biased ethics produced biased 00:18:21.650 --> 00:18:26.809 AI. That's what he said. Biased ethics produced 00:18:26.940 --> 00:18:33.099 produces biased AI. So, Christians, we need a 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:36.440 seat at the table. We need to ask questions. 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.019 We need to guide development of AI. Otherwise, 00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:43.279 we risk creating tools that amplify and dehumanize 00:18:43.279 --> 00:18:48.140 instead of reflecting God's image. And so, as 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:52.279 I've kind of pointed out, not all AI, like, AI 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.039 isn't all bad. It can help us. It's just like 00:18:55.039 --> 00:18:57.140 any other tool. We're not gonna be afraid of 00:18:57.140 --> 00:19:02.019 all technology. At some point, the tractor was 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:10.539 technology, okay? And so we can adapt to technology 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:12.799 and with technology, but we have to be smart 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:15.579 and discerning on how we use it and what it's 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:19.700 doing and how it's shaping us. And so I use ChatGPT, 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:23.940 like I said, for helping me write emails, to 00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:28.039 thinking of words for different things, to grammar. 00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:34.299 And so it's a tool. I've used, those things have 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:38.799 been in like basic Word document stuff for quite 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:42.440 a long time. Why do I drop it into ChatGPT? Because 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:45.519 Will then go through my entire thing in one fell 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:47.980 swoop as opposed to me clicking one at a time 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:53.240 at a time at a time and so I Don't think AI is 00:19:53.240 --> 00:20:00.119 all bad. I think it can be very dangerous I think 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:05.480 that it needs it's What's the word that I want 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:08.619 to look for here? I think it needs you know some 00:20:08.619 --> 00:20:17.829 sort of safeguards, if you will. I think that 00:20:17.829 --> 00:20:23.369 it's a tool that should be used, again, with 00:20:23.369 --> 00:20:26.190 discernment, but it should not ever be a crutch. 00:20:27.890 --> 00:20:31.329 And so I think it should supplement, not substitute. 00:20:31.990 --> 00:20:33.970 Again, when it comes to sermon writings, it should 00:20:33.970 --> 00:20:37.690 supplement, it should not substitute. If you 00:20:37.690 --> 00:20:40.170 don't have any solid biblical knowledge, you 00:20:40.170 --> 00:20:43.490 should not ever rely on AI to give you or help 00:20:43.490 --> 00:20:47.509 you with your faith. OK, it pulls from the Internet, 00:20:47.529 --> 00:20:51.250 like I said, so it's going to pull errors. You 00:20:51.250 --> 00:20:53.349 should do the work. You should study the word. 00:20:53.930 --> 00:20:59.569 Use AI as a helper, but not the master. So should 00:20:59.569 --> 00:21:03.509 we be afraid of AI? No. Should we be cautious? 00:21:04.430 --> 00:21:07.430 Absolutely, we should be cautious. Is it the 00:21:07.430 --> 00:21:10.769 mark of the beast? As some kind of some claim 00:21:10.769 --> 00:21:14.589 now I said earlier III roll at that because it 00:21:14.589 --> 00:21:19.809 is not really briefly Why can I say that? Because 00:21:19.809 --> 00:21:21.750 you have to understand what the mark of the beast 00:21:21.750 --> 00:21:24.390 is the mark of the beast in the end times They 00:21:24.390 --> 00:21:28.289 willingly take it. They aren't tricked It is 00:21:28.289 --> 00:21:32.650 a willing mark put upon you that you are against 00:21:32.650 --> 00:21:36.710 God It is not something you are tricked into 00:21:36.710 --> 00:21:40.930 period Just read Revelation man like that that's 00:21:40.930 --> 00:21:44.269 That's what it's about and so everything that 00:21:44.269 --> 00:21:46.009 comes out of this is the mark of the beast and 00:21:46.009 --> 00:21:47.609 if you're not careful You're gonna get the mark 00:21:47.609 --> 00:21:51.710 of the beast. No, it's not gonna trick you It's 00:21:51.710 --> 00:21:54.730 not meant to be it's meant to be a legitimate 00:21:54.730 --> 00:22:01.009 Middle finger if you will to God Not I accidentally 00:22:01.009 --> 00:22:05.269 asked Chad deep GPT for a recipe on how to make 00:22:05.269 --> 00:22:08.210 bread And now all of a sudden, oh my gosh, I've 00:22:08.210 --> 00:22:11.009 got the mark of the beast. Like, that's just 00:22:11.009 --> 00:22:14.630 lunacy. And anyone who says things like that 00:22:14.630 --> 00:22:16.690 doesn't know the Bible. As a matter of fact, 00:22:16.710 --> 00:22:20.069 they're probably using Chad GPT in regards to 00:22:20.069 --> 00:22:22.029 the mark of the beast and all that other craziness 00:22:22.029 --> 00:22:25.390 and writing these ridiculous things. So no, it's 00:22:25.390 --> 00:22:27.650 not the mark of the beast or anything like that. 00:22:27.829 --> 00:22:31.309 Like any tool, as I've said, AI shapes us. And 00:22:31.309 --> 00:22:34.029 so whether we realize it or not, it does. And 00:22:34.029 --> 00:22:37.109 so the way that we handle it reveals a lot about 00:22:37.109 --> 00:22:41.990 our hearts, our values and our faith. All right. 00:22:42.029 --> 00:22:43.789 I hope that's helpful. That went longer than 00:22:43.789 --> 00:22:45.910 I planned on it to, but I hope it was helpful. 00:22:46.970 --> 00:22:49.829 Thanks for listening. I hope this gives you a 00:22:49.829 --> 00:22:52.670 framework, though, on how to think about AI as 00:22:52.670 --> 00:22:55.250 a Christian. And I hope that you use it wisely. 00:22:55.529 --> 00:22:59.410 I hope that you love others, that you use it 00:22:59.410 --> 00:23:01.910 to honor God, to love others and and remember 00:23:01.910 --> 00:23:05.220 like Technology is powerful, and I think we should 00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:08.259 use it for the sake of the gospel to go forward, 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:11.500 but it's never a replacement for the Creator. 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:14.519 That being said, hope you have a great rest of 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:16.500 your week. I can't wait to see you on Sunday. 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:18.759 If you live in and around the O 'Neill area, 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:21.619 would love to have you on Sunday mornings. Services 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:24.700 start at 10 .45. If you've got questions, feel 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:27.519 free to leave them here. Next week, I'm actually 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:30.269 gonna be... answering a bunch of different questions, 00:23:30.289 --> 00:23:32.710 ones that I felt like I could answer pretty easily 00:23:32.710 --> 00:23:36.549 and they wouldn't make for one big episode. And 00:23:36.549 --> 00:23:38.190 so it's going to be kind of a mailbag, if you 00:23:38.190 --> 00:23:39.549 will. But if you do have questions, feel free 00:23:39.549 --> 00:23:42.730 to comment them underneath on this YouTube channel 00:23:42.730 --> 00:23:45.789 or leave us a review if you would. If you're 00:23:45.789 --> 00:23:47.930 listening on a podcast, feel free to email me. 00:23:48.170 --> 00:23:51.849 My email is in the show notes. But share this 00:23:51.849 --> 00:23:53.789 with a friend if you think that it would be helpful. 00:23:54.089 --> 00:23:55.970 Have a great rest of your week. Bye bye.