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What Christians Should Know About Chatbots, Big Tech, and the Bible with Doug Smith


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Should Christians use chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok? Is AI simply a neutral tool that humans can use for either good or evil? How does the book of Genesis offer clarity to the AI conversation? 

Kicking off Know Why's 2026 season is Doug Smith, longtime software engineer, lifelong student of the Bible, and author of [Un]Intentional: How Screens Are Secretly Shaping Your Desires and How You Can Break Free, and the forthcoming [Un]Intelligence: The Lies Behind Today's AI and the Truths You Need to Thrive. In this deep-dive interview, Doug helps us think through the following topics: 

  • What epistemology means and how it helps us understand AI
  • How large language models (LLMs) fundamentally differ from other search engines
  • Whether the "neutral tool" trope applies to AI
  • Why Big Tech founders use spiritual terms to talk about AI
  • And much more. 
  • Listen to this fascinating conversation for a unique perspective on AI and chatbots that is thoroughly informed by a biblical worldview and relevant for every human being. 

    More Resources: 

    https://thatdougsmith.com/ 

    https://www.estherlightcapmeek.com/ 

    How People Are Really Using AI (Harvard Business Review)

    Empire of AI by Karen Hao

    That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis

    How Bad Are AI Delusions? We Asked the People Treating Them (The New York Times)

    Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth

     

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