Why the Explosion of Artificial Intelligence Should Have Christians on Alert

Congress is back in session this week and one of its top priorities is artificial intelligence with several hearings on the subject its sudden explosion has also left some Christians pondering the moral implications over the ever expansive technology cbn's Billy Hallowell takes a closer look when it comes to the true size and scope of artificial intelligence the future is anything but certain Promises of profound technological advancement come alongside fear over job loss and lapsed ethics one of the problems in the whole issue of artificial intelligence is that that that landscape could change before I get to the end of the sentence Dr Albert Mohler president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says new moral Dimensions surrounding AI emerge as fast as the technology evolves this is a truly frightening Prospect and I don't say that about everything what we don't know we don't know and this really is setting something loose in the lab Mohler urges Christians to pay close attention to the claim AI could potentially develop a form of Consciousness well there is no such thing as a feeling machine there may be a machine that mimics Feely we're not merely feeling machines we're not merely machines that mimic feeling we're made in God's image and so there has to be a distinction there but keeping that distinction straight and by the way defending human dignity is going to uniquely fall upon Christians because the world is cashing out its ability to argue for human dignity author Jeff Kinley agrees and adds a warning about allowing AI to diminish human purpose and value obviously one of the biggest concerns is that it um it replaces human intelligence I mean we are moving as a society towards replacing Humanity just about every way possible replacing human labor human thought human writing trying to pretty much put Humanity to the the margins of the of the narrative here unrestrained surveillance in the ability to hack the human brain are two potential concerns Kinley however calls censorship and informational control the more immediate threats it's the idea of deception because artificial intelligence is not human intelligence and so there's the uh the obviously the capacity for a lot of bias in there prescripted inherent bias but also just the idea of putting out a false narrative and someone says Hey the the AI must know more than me so I'm going to trust the AI more than the people who could be called conspiracy theorists Christian apologist Alex McFarland Echoes these concerns and says it all comes down to who's programming the systems and how they're used technology is generally amoral computers aren't necessarily good or bad but what you do with them you know on the moral issues Christians need to be very concerned about AI because so much of the code and the algorithms that run the internet come from the souls and minds of Silicon Valley liberals while the overall impact depends on human intention there are also positive opportunities some experts are using the tech to improve human health and well-being and Christian groups are translating the Bible into new languages with it author Johnny Moore among others believes America must pause reflect and offer moral leadership to ensure the right path forward all the good and bad of it is going to be realized by us will determine the lives our children will will enjoy and uh and this is the moment to press pause to gather together to ask the right questions and to make sure the United States isn't just leading in technology but they were leading with our values too only time will tell if these warnings are heated Billy Hollowell CBN News

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Length: 3min 42sec (222 seconds)

Published: Tue Sep 12 2023