Listen to Our Discussion on AI and How it to Pertains to the Church – Part 1
What do church leaders need to know about AI and what’s going on right now?
In this article, we join with guest Denis Estimon from churchai.com to give an overview on this huge topic and introduce what’s going on with AI in general, how it pertains to the church and touch on where’s its heading. This article is not about whether or not we should use AI, but more informational of what is happening surrounding it.
In this article, we list 10 things to know about AI, what’s coming, and what that could mean for the church.
01 AI has been around for years, but has evolved into ways that the average person can interact with, do more, create content, etc.
02 Like it or not, AI is part of our everyday lives. Ex. Google, Alexa, Siri.
03 Software like ChatGPT puts an interface to AI. It enhances machine learning and neural network growth.
04 AI is the biggest technical advancement in history. It is bigger than the internet which gave us access to information. AI gives us unlimited opportunities for application.
05 Since AI uses things like synthetic data and the like, it is constantly training itself to become bigger and more powerful, providing continuous ground breaking discoveries.
06 The future of AI is beyond apps, software, etc. It will get to the point where it will be able to do human work better, faster, and at lower cost. It will impact every industry there is.
07 AI has the potential to be used for evil, like all tools, but as believers there is room in the church to use it for good. We the church are called to be the salt and AI is a tool that we can use to share the gospel. We don’t know how the story goes, but we know how it ends.
08 AI can never replace the supernatural intelligence of the Holy Spirit.
09 AI can be leveraged to fulfill the great commission.
10 The potential for AI use is constantly changing. We can be aware and informed of what’s happening and what’s coming for practical application in our churches by following information on websites like churchai.com.
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