3.23 Dustin Ryan, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "A Christian's Perspective on Artificial Intelligence"
May 13, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 23
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Episode description
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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