Enough said!
But I would like to add a few thoughts. Some of the latest cultural trends regarding the church are the unfettered and unfiltered use of AI for sermons. The perceived lack of need for seminary training since we have a ‘Bot’ to produce whatever is needed for the life of the church is precarious at best. What “they” or “it” produce is "extraordinarily elegant, an avatar’s extravaganza, but increasingly ideologically possessed". (We call it bias.) But it makes the Silicon Valley creators fabulously wealthy.
I work with an academic institution, and I see students face the temptations of overusing technology and forgetting how to use critical thinking or misusing the technology, aka plagiarism. This is truly an ethical dilemma, but a spiritual one as well.
The basic danger is that the improper use of AI in an unrestricted manner erodes a person's self-confidence. It will become like an illicit drug that promises ecstasy as it contorts “reality” to be what a person’s “perception” is through its use. (I hear the echo of Allen Ginzberg). The dependency will grow as will its demand, and leave a person without confidence in their abilities, apart from the aid of AI. I am not a Luddite, as evidenced by my use of my Apple computer, Grammarly, Siri, Microsoft office, and Constant Contact email to support the production and distribution of Friday with Fred.
As the old proverb reminds us, technology is a good servant but a poor master. I think this is what Neil Postman in 1985 had in mind in his prescient book, Amusing Ourselves to Death. If you have not read it, you should.
Serving Him with you
Until He comes for us, Fred | 