Have y'all heard about this crazy new thing called Artificial Intelligence? Just kidding, of course you have - it's been impossible to avoid for the last few years. Our co-host Everest felt inspired to talk about the ethics of AI because of a discussion they led during Sunday School a few weeks ago, and oh boy, did we get into it - so much that we had to split the episode into two parts!

This week, we tackle the more "worldly" concerns - AI's impact on ecosystems, people's neighborhoods, people's livelihoods, copyright, education, and the way that AI can change our brains. The ethics of how we use new tools are essential, and we try to approach them with a nuanced yet decidedly Progressive Christian approach.

Next week, we are going to dive into Everest's argument that AI is anti-creation, and possibly even ANTI-CHRISTIAN!?

Show Notes

1. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/politics/candace-owens-erika-kirk-podcast
2. AI Figures Out Protein Folding- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-of-the-biggest-problems-in-biology-has-finally-been-solved/
3. https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/how-data-centers-are-driving-up-your
4. More Perfect Union Data Centers Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGjj7wDYaiI
5. More Perfect Union Data Centers Danger- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6BEUA4jNU
6. Data Center Report from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy- https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/land-lines-magazine/articles/land-water-impacts-data-centers/
7. https://www.seroundtable.com/chatgpt-google-aio-sources-39578.html#:~:text=Barry%20Schwartz%20/%20Executive%20Editor,Forum%20discussion%20at%20X.

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