Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated nearly every facet of our lives, transforming the way we work, communicate, and learn. Like any tool, it can be used for good or can lead to our demise. Money is not AI but there is a correlation between the two because it too can be used to produce great things, help people, and most importantly, move God\u2019s kingdom. It can also do a lot of harm and people can depend on it instead of themselves or God. I believe AI is a tool and in most cases, once a new innovative tool becomes available, it’s hard to avoid it. I vote for using it with integrity and as a way to save time and maximize an experience.<\/p>\n
AI is a Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n Why is AI being frowned upon in many sectors? I believe a few of the obvious reasons is because of the ease of abuse. The laziness of students or employees, and\/or the lack of character some have when it comes to plagiarizing is leading to a negative outlook on many AI platforms. However, after watching the videos and doing research on this topic, I believe a lot of it has to do with regulating software and AI that specifically deals with education. I am not sure how this problem will be solved but I think we do need to create ways to utilize it instead of ban it. Banning something in a way makes people tempted to want it more. It creates a negative curiosity, just ask Adam and Eve. I am not saying God should have allowed them to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, there are commands that require a \u201chard stop\u201d on them. But I do think in ancient and modern times, if we tell people they can\u2019t do something, they often want to do that exact thing even more. For example, drinking has age limits here in the U.S. that are more lax in other countries. Some argue that reducing the minimum drinking age in the States would reduce the harm of drinking. A central argument of the Amethyst Initiative is that the U.S. minimum legal drinking age policy results in more dangerous drinking than would occur if the legal drinking age were lower.\u201d[1]<\/a> This is highly controversial and I personally do not agree with it but there are some interesting points in this article from the National Library of Medicine.<\/p>\n Similarly, in Colorado, many of the most dangerous and scary roads do not have guard rails on them. I was nervous driving up a mountain for the first time years ago and asked a local why the roads did not have rails on them? He said \u201cThere are two main reasons. One, because when it snows the plows cannot push the snow off the road on those tight roads if there is a rail. The other reason is because it makes people drive slow and safe because it only takes one little slip to drive right off the mountain.\u201d That made a lot of sense and was accurate with my driving experience.<\/p>\n CHATGPT, AI, and the World<\/strong><\/p>\n ChatGPT seems to have all the buzz lately but I believe it is just because it’s new. AI is all around us though. I do not think most people realize how much AI has already been infiltrating our lives for decades. Is spellcheck not AI? What about Google, library searches, calculators, and GPS?[2]<\/a> These are normal daily simulations that we have adapted to.[3]<\/a> The videos and articles this week touch on these things and overall, I think we have a long way to go before we can normalize all these exponential innovations. Whether it is a tool, a guard rail, money, or ChatGPT, we can either use it correctly or drive off the mountain. I believe like most issues, it involves faith. We must stay in the light, live with the character of Christ, and utilize AI with integrity.<\/p>\n [1]<\/a> https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3182479\/<\/p>\n