{"id":32861,"date":"2023-09-04T13:35:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=32861"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:39:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T20:39:02","slug":"ai-divine-intelligence-seeking-collaborative-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/ai-divine-intelligence-seeking-collaborative-work\/","title":{"rendered":"AI\/Divine Intelligence: Seeking collaborative work"},"content":{"rendered":"

How might Artificial Intelligence present dangers, limitations, or possibilities in my academic pursuit?\u00a0 I will attempt to answer this question in this blog. I have not been acquainted with AI and how I might make use of it as a student prior to this assignment. It was helpful to look at definitions of AI. \u201cAI, commonly is defined as \u2018a system\u2019s ability to interpret external data correctly, to learn from such data, and to use those learnings to achieve specific goals and tasks through flexible adaptation.\u201d [1] In this data assessment and goal achievement, AI is fraught with positive and negative aspects. The following explains this mixed bag.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

DANGERS<\/span><\/p>\n

Oppenheimer<\/span><\/i> is a recently released movie that leaves viewers with the question of how a man, Robert Oppenheimer, might live after creating something that may have won a war but also killed many people. Watching it led me to think of the potential dangers that come with AI.<\/span><\/p>\n

Asking difficult questions surrounding AI is a good place to begin when evaluating its safety.\u00a0 David Baud asserts, \u201cHow do we judge trustworthiness? Because knowledge is cheap and easy to find.\u201d [2] Who is creating AI and are they to be trusted?\u00a0 What accountability measures might be put in place for those who create AI? Heinlein and Kaplan, in their article,<\/span> \u201c<\/span><\/i>A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: On the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Intelligence<\/span>\u201d <\/span><\/i>proposes accountability resting with its creators, stating:<\/span> \u201cAccountability of firms for mistakes of their algorithms or even the need for a moral code of AI engineers, similar to the one lawyers or doctors are swearing to,\u201d may be a possible solution. [3] But even with moral codes in place, is there still room for concern?\u00a0 Iason Gabriel writes, \u201cHow are we to decide which principles or objectives to encode in AI- and who has the right to make these decisions-given that we live in a pluralistic world that is full of competing conceptions of value?\u201d [4] Some of these dangers are left to be discovered and the answers to these questions remain unanswered.<\/span><\/p>\n

LIMITS<\/span><\/p>\n

Using AI for academic purposes is limited and this may be to a student’s advantage. If teachers employ modalities of learning that are outside the bounds of using a computer, students must employ their own creative abilities. As a student, I may choose to use AI to assist in a given assignment, but what if it requires verbal skills, relating skills in a small group (requiring delegation and collaboration), or taking a test without access to a computer?\u00a0 A student needs to demonstrate their own repertoire of skills in accomplishing assignments. \u2018Intelligence\u2019 is understood to refer to \u2018an agent\u2019s ability to achieve goals in a wide range of environments. [5] A student\u2019s intelligence may best be demonstrated apart from their use of AI.<\/span><\/p>\n

How many applications of AI might a student use? Due to a student\u2019s memory capacity, I am curious how many ChatGPT products can be skillfully applied when given access to them. It should be expected that more products are coming with ChatGPT, \u201cthick and fast.\u2019\u201d [6] Assessing what products I choose to use will be important. Because it is difficult to be completely competent with multiple products, I believe students will self-impose limits on their AI use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

POSSIBILITIES<\/span><\/p>\n

Mentally I am trying to brace myself for what is coming. I cannot imagine how AI will impact my life and the lives of my family members. Webb states: \u201cAI will become as much part of everyday life as the Internet or social media did in the past.\u201d [7] There is an appeal which cannot be denied, AI is \u201cgenuinely useful for time saving.\u201d [8] Some may argue that AI will take away jobs, but others contend, \u201cAI is unlikely to replace human tasks. The Garter Reports show that AI creates more jobs than it destroys.\u201d [9] There are so many possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from how AI might impact my studies as a doctoral student, I am intrigued with the notion that people will need to grow in their EI (Emotional Intelligence). This is an area that I am skilled in and may assist others in. Huang, Rust, and Maksimovic write in their article \u201cThe Feeling Economy: Managing in the Next Generation of AI\u201d, human employees will be increasingly occupied with feeling tasks since thinking tasks will be taken over by AI systems in a manner similar to how mechanical tasks have been taken over by machines and robots.\u201d\u00a0 [10] I am excited to think about what role I may take in equipping others with interpersonal skills. My mental mindset will rest on Haenlein\u2019s and Kaplan\u2019s summary from their article \u201cA Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: On the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Intelligence\u201d of what lies ahead: \u201cThe question is \u201cwhich role it (AI) will play and more importantly how AI systems and humans can (peacefully) coexist next to each other. Which decisions should rather be taken by AI, which ones by humans, and which ones in collaboration?\u201d [11] Discernment plays a big role in this process.<\/span><\/p>\n

IMPLICATIONS IN MY DOCTORAL STUDIES<\/span><\/p>\n

Biblical standards need to be my guide as I pursue my academic work. I am challenged by King David\u2019s directives to his adult son Solomon:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Chronicles 28:8-10: \u201cAnd you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I must be fastidious in how I engage my studies because I know God provides personal attention to me as he did for King Solomon.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ultimately, I hope to be like one of the servants at the wedding feast in John 2, when Mary directs them with this encouragement; \u201cDo whatever he tells you.\u201d (John 2:5) [12] I find myself, in my mind’s eye, seeking out Jesus with eager expectation of what he might do as his capabilities are limitless and I know I will be left in awe. I look to Jesus for Divine Intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

[1] Haenlein, Michael and Andreas Kaplan, \u201cA Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: On the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Intelligence\u201d, 2019, Vol 61 (4), California Management Review, p.5<\/span><\/p>\n

[1] Gabriel, Iason, \u201cArtificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment\u201d, 2020, Springer, p.412<\/span><\/p>\n

[2] Baud, David. AssessmentAI<\/em>, https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/190H6EdmV3zVuEEStET2kcTHdKkp8k9Wd\/view?usp=drive_link<\/span><\/p>\n

[3] Haenlein, Michael and Andreas Kaplan, \u201cA Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: On the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Intelligence\u201d, 2019, Vol 61 (4), California Management Review, p.11<\/span><\/p>\n

[4] Gabriel, Iason, \u201cArtificial Intelligence, Values, and Alignment\u201d, 2020, Springer, p.412<\/span><\/p>\n

[5] Ibid. p.412<\/span><\/p>\n

[6] Webb, Michael, \u201cChat GPT-3 and its Impact on Education: Michael Webb, <\/span>https:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/national-centre-for-ai<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[7] Ibid.Webb<\/span><\/p>\n

[8] Ibid. Webb<\/span><\/p>\n

[9] Prentice, Catherine, \u201cEmotional Intelligence or Artificial Intelligence- An Employee Perspective\u201d, Aug. 14, 2019 Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management Vol. 29, 2020, Issue 4 p.25<\/span><\/p>\n

[10] Haenlein, Michael and Andreas Kaplan, \u201cA Brief History of Artificial Intelligence: On the Past, Present, and Future of Artificial Intelligence\u201d, 2019, Vol 61 (4), California Management Review, p.9<\/span><\/p>\n

[11] Ibid. p.9<\/span><\/p>\n

[12] Ford, Leighton, <\/span>The Attentive Life: Discerning God\u2019s Presence in All Things<\/span><\/i>, 2008, Illinois: Downers Grove, p.135<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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