By: Tim Clark on September 11, 2023
Along with being a pastor, my dad was a bi-vocational contractor. He mostly worked laying floors, but he could do anything, as was evidenced by the fact that he built—by hand—one of the houses I lived in when I was young (yes, I know it sounds like I grew up on Little House on the…
By: John Fehlen on September 11, 2023
My preferred genre of books is the biography, which is the account of someone’s life written by someone else. I also enjoy a good autobiography (emphasis on ‘good’), and yet, those quite often are self-serving, short-sighted, and elbow-bending/back-patting. You always know when a celebrity, I mean, politician, is gonna declare a run for US President…
By: Travis Vaughn on September 11, 2023
In Leading with Nothing to Lose: Training in the Exercise of Power, Simon Walker explores “eight different leadership strategies, each of which ‘does something’ to the space around you.”[1] Walker’s work is so rich and so timely. I will attempt to codify three personal takeaways. Security in the “Other” “The undefended leader is the one…
By: Jana Dluehosh on September 9, 2023
When considering this topic, I immediately could find myself drifting to the apprehensive side of AI. I think I’ve seen too many movies where this type of intelligence could lead us to a place where the machines have taken over humanity. This conversation has been going on for a very long time as machines have…
By: Dinka Utomo on September 7, 2023
“Dealing with systems that output plausible but wrong information feels like a very new challenge” (Michael Webb) The impact of technological advancements, particularly Artificial Intelligence (AI), extends across various facets of contemporary life, encompassing domains as diverse as church life and ministry. Approximately one year ago, I encountered a noteworthy post authored by a…
By: Todd E Henley on September 7, 2023
In 1991 I was a youth pastor and I specifically remember being at my secretary’s home to talk about an upcoming mission trip. Before I even sat down, she ecstatically said, “Hey PT, look at this! The World Wide Web!” This computer thing is amaaaaaazing!” I had no idea what she was talking about but…
By: Adam Harris on September 7, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a double-edged sword, harboring both immense promise and perilous risks. On one hand, AI revolutionizes industries, enhancing efficiency and solving complex problems. However, its unchecked proliferation raises grave concerns. One peril lies in job displacement, as AI automation threatens livelihoods across sectors. Moreover, AI bias and discrimination are rampant, perpetuating societal…
By: Kally Elliott on September 7, 2023
Last Saturday my husband and I were driving my college freshman back to his dorm after his first collegiate football game. Talking about classes starting soon I felt the need to impress upon him that college is not high school, that using AI, especially ChatGPT could get him into a lot of trouble. I told…
By: Pam Lau on September 6, 2023
If I were asked to uncover the decline of America’s thinking and writing, I believe I would point to the cultural changes of family and parenting that started soon after the presence of television in our homes. When writers such as Walter Lippman, Alan Bloom and Christopher Lasch observed the growing number of people dependent…
By: Mathieu Yuill on September 5, 2023
I have been using AI to write articles, create marketing plans, help me think of what I might missed, check grammar and spelling, create art (images) but mostly, I use it in automation, writing simple code for websites and creating complex spreadsheet functions really quickly. In high school I was one of the first classes…
By: Esther Edwards on September 4, 2023
The year was 1974. My mother was an accountant at a large, growing automotive remanufacturing company in Philadelphia and was asked to house an office with three employees in our home to manage the executive payroll. My father remodeled the basement to accommodate but had no idea how large the office would become with the…
By: Travis Vaughn on September 4, 2023
Not long ago, the CEO[1] of a certain organization had to give a speech. That speech would be recorded and played for incoming trainees connected to a particular field of study and a particular university. I asked the CEO about that recording, after he told me he used AI to help write the speech. Three…
By: Jenny Dooley on September 4, 2023
It wasn’t long ago I found myself in the musty basement of Collins Memorial Library at the University of Puget Sound doing research using a microfiche. My much younger fellow graduate students had no idea what a microfiche was and quickly introduced me to the wonders of online research. I found the documents I needed…
By: Jennifer Vernam on September 4, 2023
Along with seemingly everyone else, I recently saw the Barbie movie with my sons. There was a comment from the film that called attention to a truth: when we humans try to solve a problem, we frequently create new problems. In the context of the movie, they were talking about patriarchy (and the creation of…
By: Cathy Glei on September 4, 2023
The use of artificial intelligence offers benefits and opportunities, but it also presents challenges and risks. Technology acts as a catalyst that expands the opportunities for humanity to pursue. It is amoral, not good or evil in itself, but can be designed and used for good and evil purposes. Much of its use for good…
By: Kally Elliott on September 4, 2023
The history and information in Paul Sullivan’s The Secret History of Oxford is vast and detailed and after reading through it I found I could only retain a few facts. However, it will be a great book to have on hand when visiting Oxford. Fact vs History Speaking of facts, the history of Oxford is…
By: John Fehlen on September 4, 2023
In 2002, Steven Spielberg directed a movie staring Tom Cruise called “The Minority Report.” I remember watching it and seeing aspects of technology that was so mind-blowing to me at the time. Tom Cruise, for crying out loud, would use this hands to move files around on a large touch screen computer. Absolutely Insane. And…
By: Russell Chun on September 4, 2023
Искусственный интеллект – тьма и свет – (Russian) – Artificial Intelligence – Dark and Light (Google Translate) Summary (before you read) Part 1. AI – Initial task, “The Creator – A Film”, responding to the fear. Part 2. AI – Weapons, at the US Northern Border & AI at the Southern Border. Part 3. AI…
By: Tim Clark on September 4, 2023
The phrase “Artificial Intelligence” makes me think about the Terminator films, in which John and Sarah Connor are trying to stop Judgement Day, the day computers become self-aware… …or the Matrix where the singularity quickly leads to the machine uprising, with AI dominating and tricking humans into believing the world they experience is real when…
By: Kim Sanford on September 3, 2023
“Humans have been collaborating with technology for writing since sticks were used for drawing in sand or on cave walls.” [1] The expanding use of technology in higher education is inevitable. The question is how to use it well. The most obvious pitfalls include the potential for plagiarism and consequently that students will undermine their…
