Listen in as Mike Kirby joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the longform essay "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, Or Temptation?" which he co-authored with Matthew Emadi.
Intro – 00:52Matt Emadi and Mike Kirby and Their Work on Their Article for COA - 03:54The Amoral Nature of Technology? - 08:24How These Tools are Being Brought into the World Today - 10:53What Are Some Ethical Boundaries That are Being Discussed? - 13:12A.I. Winter and What Season We Are In Today - 18:45Counseling the Church on the Speed at Which A.I. is Accelerating - 24:28A.I. Becoming Self-Conscious? - 27:55A.I. & Embodiment - 34:30Transhumanism and Systematic Theology - 37:40How Much Does Science Fiction Play into the Development of A.I. and What Do We Need to Brace For? - 44:58Counsel to Those In, or Wanting to Be In, the Field of A.I. - 49:50Pitfalls of Having All These Technologies Around Us - 52:37Outro - 54:42 “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, or Temptation?” – Mike Kirby & Matthew Emadi“Does Power Corrupt or Enable? When and Why Power Facilitates Self-Interested Behavior” – Katherine A. De Celles, D. Scott DeRue, Joshua D. Margolis and Tara L. Ceramic“The History of Artificial Intelligence: Complete AI Timeline” – Ron Karjian“Google’s Gemini Controversy Explained: AI Model Criticized by Musk and Others Over Alleged Bias” – Antonio Pequeño IV“’Absurdly woke’: Google’s AI chatbot spits out ‘diverse’ images of Founding Fathers, popes, Vikings” – Thomas Barrabi“Google pauses Gemini’s Ability to Generate AI images of People after Diversity Errors” – Tom WarrenTheme of the Month: What Has God Wrought?Give to Support the Work The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology – Ray KurzweilFrom the Garden to the City” The Place of Technology in the Story of God – John DyerEvangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today: Fourth Edition – John Jefferson DavisGod, Technology and the Christian Life – Tony ReinkeThe Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity – James ThackerChristian Ethics: Contemporary Issues & Options – Norman L. GeislerFuture Shock – Alvin Toffler