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"History will conclude with Christ returning in glory and reigning over all. On that day, your fears about AI will vanish like the morning mist."

Jesus, our Good Shepherd, poured out his life for us on the cross. He has been carrying us through life, and nothing about the AI revolution will cause him to put us down.

"AI can help us share the gospel. But it can’t share the gospel for us. That’s a job God has given to the church. We are his ambassadors, declaring the message of Christ."

As humans we are regularly required to make decisions when we don’t have all the information and are unable to foresee all possible outcomes. AI promises that it will make better decisions than us because it can access more data—but not every situation can be reduced to data points and an algorithm. This is why we need wisdom.

"The danger of overusing AI is not that it’s a cheat-code that gets us disqualified, but that as we chase efficiency, we lose dependency. We stop listening for the voice of God."

"We should treat AI well not because it is sentient but because we bring glory to God when we rule in a way that reflects his character."

"How we speak matters, even if our words are only ever “heard” by the machine. We should treat AI well, not because AI is made in the image of God but because we are. As we sow to please the Spirit, we become more like Jesus."

"The Spirit helps us to put to death the works of the flesh. This fruit isn’t only seen when we’re interacting with other people. We display it even when we’re alone in our rooms, typing prompts into ChatGPT."

"Persistent use of AI undermines God’s purpose for our creativity, diminishes our creative spark and churns out generic content. I don’t think
it’s wise to regularly use AI to create art."

"One of the main functions of AI is to save time, but it is through the labour of creativity that we reflect what God is like."

"The danger of using AI to make art is that we’re not producing
our own ideas but synthesising the thoughts of others. AI
generated art often feels generic, and that’s because it is generic."

"The danger of using AI to make art is that we’re not producing our own ideas but synthesising the thoughts of others. AI generated art often feels generic, and that’s because it is generic."

"If AI takes your job, remember that Jesus does not love you because of your job title or how your work contributes to society. His love for you is everlasting. He chose to love you before the foundation of the world, and he will love you into eternity. "

"We should have our eyes open to the people God has placed around us, and recognise when using AI costs us an opportunity to collaborate. Efficiency has a place in any workplace, but it’s not the only metric that matters."

"The next generation of AI models may astound us in ways that I can’t even begin to imagine as I write these words, but they will never bear God’s image the way you and I do."

"Being made in the image of God gives us incredible dignity and value, which neither animals nor AI will ever have. We are eternal beings of eternal significance; AI is not."

"Each one of us is made in the image of God. This means that we’re not just a better version of other creatures, but in a different category entirely. It’s what sets us apart from the animals, and it’s what will set us apart from AI."

"The uniqueness of humanity, and our special place in God’s plan, comes not
from what we can do, how capable we are, how developed or deteriorated your brain is, but in who and what God has made us to be."

"...the Christian life is about more than knowledge, information
and facts. It’s about wisdom and character. God calls us
to grow more like Christ. And that involves searching the
Scriptures, reading the word and praying, asking the Spirit to
produce his fruit within us."