Doug Smith's Blog

Hard questions following Pat Gelsinger's keynote at CCU, his company Gloo, his use of the tool trope, and whether Christians are forming an idolatrous trust in generative AI chatbots.

What's at stake when we choose a chatbot over a human expert? And what if you're a leader who influences others to do the same?

Because AI summaries are pushed on the world from on high, few of us ask the “should we?” question. Or stop to question the tacit beliefs we hold.

See a demonstration and decide for yourself whether GenAI is the research tool you're looking for.

A heartfelt plea to the developers of The Bible Memory App, asking them to revert their new AI feature.

A reflection on Jeremy Utley's advocacy for GenAI in the light of discipleship, epistemology, and whether we should trust Big Tech.

Renew.org just published my latest article regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots like ChatGPT for ministry. It’s the tightest and clearest case I’ve made against GenAI so far. Too many of us are willing to jump in to new technology unintentionally, assuming the tool trope: it’s a tool, it’s how you use […]

Is GenAI a neutral tool that can be used for good or evil? Certainly not. We're the tools that are shaped by it, as usual.

Wise ministry leaders must avoid the temptation to use AI even if it seems to have huge benefits. Why? Read to find out.

Digital Discipleship. It’s the defining challenge of our age. We often think of “discipleship” as a churchy-religious word, but whether or not we’re any kind of theist we’re all disciples of someone or something. And today, most of us are discipled by our screens. My succinct definition of a disciple is someone who performs embodied […]