Priest, educator, and digital ministry expert Kyle Oliver joins Peter to explore the possibilities and perils of AI in content creation, Christian formation, and online communication. They reflect on the tension between productivity and presence, and what faithful engagement might look like.

Topics Covered

• Kyle’s cautious experimentation with generative AI in content creation.

• The struggle for creative control and the limits of “black box” tools.
• What happens when beauty is decoupled from intention in digital art and music.
• AI’s impact on church communications and how to maintain a human voice.
• Concerns about AI-generated content overwhelming social platforms.
• The temptation of superhuman productivity and resisting false intimacy.
• Using AI for feedback, coaching, and spiritual discipline—while staying grounded in community.
• Why Christian formation needs to help people remember they are finite and beloved.

Homework

• Reflect on the balance between productivity and intention in your own use of AI.

• Try using AI to offer feedback on one of your recent creative or teaching efforts—then evaluate what’s helpful and what’s not.
• Ask yourself: Does this tool help me flourish—or tempt me to forget I’m human?

Resources

• Kyle Oliver’s Website
  
  
• “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age” Vauhini Vara
• Ryan Broderick’s Garbage Day newsletter
• AI Church Toolkit website
• Platformer by Casey Newton
  
  

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