AI surges into modern life
Artificial Intelligence or AI, as it has become better known, has quietly and quickly permeated our daily lives. You find AI embedded into your daily habits, everywhere you turn. It's in our phones. It's in our cars. It's across our homes.
ChatGPT launched AI to the masses in November 2022. Since then a myriad of companies have embraced the technology with their own AI entries. Microsoft has Co-Pilot. Facebook has Meta AI. Google has Gemini. It goes on and on. It is quickly becoming omnipresent. Most software applications have incorporated AI in one way or another. Canva and Photoshop use AI to assist users in creating and editing graphics.
Ironically, AI is still in its infancy and is being developed with each iteration becoming smarter than the former. Each new version is called a "model." And newer models are being made all the time.
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Should Christians use AI?
Some Christians have shunned the use of AI due to ignorance or suspicions of nefarious usages. It is true that AI can be used for both good and bad, but it is similar to any new technology in that it depends on whose "hands" it is in.
The Bible says in Titus 1:15, "To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure..." So AI is like money, or a hammer, or a cell phone. Those items can be used for good, pure purposes or they could be used in greedy, dangerous, deceptive ways. It all depends on the handler.
The Christian should not fear AI as some anti-Christ or dangerous technology. But they should instead see AI as yet another tool in the Information Age that can help us become better human beings as we strive to follow Christ.
What can AI do for a Christ-follower?
Here are some ways to use AI in your Christian life.
Use this digital chatbot to answer your Bible questions https://digitalbible.ca/ai-chatbot
Use https://colorbliss.com/ to make Biblical Coloring Sheets
Use https://bible.ai/ to study the Bible with AI.
Use https://chatgpt.com/ to talk with a person from the Bible. Prompt "Speak to me like Moses"
Use Open.Bible Bible Study Generator https://www.openbible.info/labs/ai-bible-study/ to further your Bible knowledge.
A Final Word
It should be stated that while AI is in your hands, it is an amoral tool. However, people are beginning to use AI in order to dupe and deceive others with fake videos, phone calls, and emails. We must be diligent and wise to not be tricked by these technological fakes.
Use AI to help your Christian walk, to study the Bible, and grow in your faith. At the same time, be aware that AI can impersonate those that we trust and believe in. Using AI may be one of the best ways to differentiate the two.