Tag: artificial intelligence

The attention grab is on — headlines, thumbnails, AI-generated this and that. Just the other day I read an AI-generated article about AI, and I can’t get over the circularity of it.

On a recent rainy Sunday, I watched a video recording of a conference held at Farm Street Church in London, England (actually the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception, Mayfair), titled, “AI, Faith and Ethics at a Crossroads: Discerning the Way Forward."

A sleepless mind at 2 a.m. grapples with time, change and the transformative power of art, finding solace in creativity’s resistance to decay.

Uncover the transformative power of AI in church administration. Explore how congregations are leveraging technology to improve efficiency and free up time for leaders.

In a world where what and how people think is already under siege thanks to the algorithms of social media, we risk putting ourselves in an even more perilous position if we allow AI to reach a level of sophistication where it can make all kinds of decisions on our behalf.

Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways: from a prophet who alerts his audience to the world’s imminent end to a philosopher who reflects on the nature of life. But no one has called Jesus an internet guru – that is, until now.

Many years ago as a consultant, I joked with colleagues about our tongue-in-cheek disclaimer for final reports: “We have not succeeded in solving your problem. We are still confused, but we are confused at a much higher level.” Generative artificial intelligence (chatbots) has the ability to confuse us all at much higher levels!