Technology is a tool that helps us live out our God-given vocations. This is one of the most important things for us to learn as we occupy the topic of technology and artificial intelligence. Since we often see the wonderful power that technology has over our lives, we are tempted to treat technology as more than a tool, as approximately with a value similar to our own if it is powerful enough or does enough work on its own. Technology will be polluted and abused by wrecked people just like you and me.
Nowhere in Scripture is a tool or a technology predestined for being evil. Sacred scripture shows that technology and tools can be used for both good and evil. Even if a tool was intentional for evil, the tool itself isn’t evil. What is wicked isn’t the sword but how people choose to use it. It can be used for virtuous resolutions like standing up for impartiality against those who are evil, but it can also be used to hurt or kill the acquitted.
While the technology isn’t moral in that intellect, it does carry with it the effects of sin and brokenness. Technology is not morally neutral, because it inspires and changes us each time we use it.Technology enlarges what is possible for humans to do. It can be best thought of as a substance or an accelerant for change because it opens new openings for humans to live in this world.
Broken, sinful, and evil humans are the ones given the capabilities to create these tools and the ones who can choose how we use them.
But Cain transgressed and chose to use his God-given asset and abilities to kill a fellow image-bearer. He chose to take the good gifts that God gave him and use them for evil and self-centered purposes.
What Is Artificial Intelligence?
My family has a digital associate working in our home that is incredibly smart, never takes a break, and never criticizes his job. A couple of years ago, we bought a Google Home Mini to integrate with other smart household devices, and we’ve created fun ways to use it, specifically with our infant.
My oldest son was learning diverse animal sounds, and we asked the subordinate to make a number of animal sounds for him. But it couldn’t find one of the pleading sounds, and its response struck me. I can’t help you with that right now. But I am always learning. Education vast amounts of material used to be something only humans could do, but today we have many machines and AI-empowered systems that do just that.
Artificial intelligence is a developing field of technology defined as nonbiological aptitude, where a machine is programmed to complete complex goals by applying knowledge to the task at hand. Because it’s nonbiological, AI can be copied and reprogrammed at relatively low cost. In certain forms, it is tremendously flexible and can be harnessed for great good or for ill.
Google Home is a popular example, but there are far more forward-thinking AI systems than this being used in a variety of submissions such as business, medicine, and finance. In 2017, a set of videos of walking robots from Google and Boston Subtleties went viral on the internet. These AI-based systems did things that astounded most viewers (and even many in the AI community) with their ability to walk and even navigate rough terrain with ease.
AI systems have become so unconventional so quickly that many wonder what these systems will do in the future as they become smarter and human intervention becomes less required. This is not a sci-fi fantasy. It’s reality.
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Conclusion
While the Bible doesn’t unswervingly address AI, its traditions offer valuable direction for navigating the ethical, moral, and spiritual implications of artificial intelligence. By considering these biblical philosophies, Christians can be occupied with AI development and usage in an answerable and God-honoring manner.
