Episode Details

Listen in as Dustin Ryan joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss his longform essay "A Christian's Perspective on Artificial Intelligence."

Timestamps

• Intro – 00:40
• Dustin Ryan’s Background - 02:45
• How Has Christianity Influenced Ryan’s View of Artificial Intelligence? - 05:23
• Dr. Wellum’s Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence? - 06:55
• Dustin Ryan’s Favorite Sci-Fi Movie and One That Might be Like The World of Tomorrow? - 08:45
• Definitions of Artificial Intelligence and Generative A.I. - 10:40
• What is the Timeline & Trajectory of A.I.? - 15:15
• What Are Some of the Motivations and Who Are the Architects for Bringing A.I. Forward? - 17:03
• How Does A.I. ‘Learn’ and ‘Get Smarter’? - 21:03
• How Does A.I. Give Prescription Not Just Description? – 23:39
• How Could A.I. Help the Church? - 27:03
• What are the Trade-offs to a Church Making Use of A.I.? - 30:21
• Is Media Ecology Something that Ryan’s Company Has Discussed? - 34:36
• A.I. and Human Self-Consciousness - 36:28
• Concerns about A.I. - 39:13
• Seeing Scripturally With Our Eyes - 42:50
• Closing Thoughts and Thinking Critically - 49:00
• Outro - 52:17 

Resources to Click

• “A Christian’s Perspective on Artificial Intelligence” – Dustin Ryan
• “What is Artificial Intelligence?” – IBM
• “What is Artificial Intelligence in Medicine?” – IBM
• “AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let’s Make Sure It Benefits Humanity” – Kristalina Georgieva
• “Google ChatGPT Rival Bard Flubs Fact About NASA’s Webb Space Telescope” – Carrie Mihalcik
• “Disgruntled ex-athletic director used AI to generate fake racist rant in principal's voice: police” – ABC7 Chicago Digital Team
• “How a Deepfake Tom Cruise on TikTok Turned into a very real AI Company” – Rachel Metz
• “Sharing Deepfake Pornography Could Soon be Illegal in America” – Emmanuelle Saliba
• “Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools” – Natasha Singer
• “ChatGPT Leans Liberal, Research Shows” – Gerrit De Vynck
• Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Artificial Intelligence and Our Brave New World
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