3.25 Mike Kirby, David Schrock, Stephen Wellum • Interview • "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, Or Temptation?"

Listen in as Mike Kirby joins David Schrock and Stephen Wellum to discuss the longform essay "Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, Or Temptation?" which he co-authored with Matthew Emadi. Timestamps Intro – 00:52 Matt Emadi and Mike Kirby and Their Work on Their Article for COA - 03:54 The Amoral Nature of Technology? - 08:24 How These Tools are Being Brought into the World Today - 10:53 What Are Some Ethical Boundaries That are Being Discussed? - 13:12 A.I. Winter and What Season We Are In Today - 18:45 Counseling the Church on the Speed at Which A.I. is Accelerating - 24:28 A.I. Becoming Self-Conscious? - 27:55 A.I. & Embodiment - 34:30 Transhumanism and Systematic Theology - 37:40 How Much Does Science Fiction Play into the Development of A.I. and What Do We Need to Brace For? - 44:58 Counsel to Those In, or Wanting to Be In, the Field of A.I. - 49:50 Pitfalls of Having All These Technologies Around Us - 52:37 Outro - 54:42  Resources to Click “Artificial Intelligence (AI): Tool, Image Bearer, or Temptation?” – Mike Kirby & Matthew Emadi “Does Power Corrupt or Enable? When and Why Power Facilitates Self-Interested Behavior” – Katherine A. De Celles, D. Scott DeRue, Joshua D. Margolis and Tara L. Ceramic “The History of Artificial Intelligence: Complete AI Timeline” – Ron Karjian “Google’s Gemini Controversy Explained: AI Model Criticized by Musk and Others Over Alleged Bias” – Antonio Pequeño IV “’Absurdly woke’: Google’s AI chatbot spits out ‘diverse’ images of Founding Fathers, popes, Vikings” – Thomas Barrabi “Google pauses Gemini’s Ability to Generate AI images of People after Diversity Errors” – Tom Warren Theme of the Month: What Has God Wrought? Give to Support the Work  Books to Read The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology – Ray Kurzweil From the Garden to the City” The Place of Technology in the Story of God – John Dyer Evangelical Ethics: Issues Facing the Church Today: Fourth Edition – John Jefferson Davis God, Technology and the Christian Life – Tony Reinke The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity – James Thacker Christian Ethics: Contemporary Issues & Options – Norman L. Geisler Future Shock – Alvin Toffler