Cultural Update: AI and Truth; Gender Dysphoria; Gen X and Diversity; Alabama Embryo Update; Listener Questions

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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This week, Scott & Sean discuss: Artificial Intelligence and Truth: Discussion on how AI, through deep fakes and misinformation, challenges our ability to discern truth, potentially leading to an era of distrust. Study on Gender Dysphoria: A Finnish study finding that gender dysphoria does not increase suicide risk and that gender-affirming care does not decrease it, challenging current narratives around transgender care.Gen X and Diversity: An analysis of generational perspectives o...

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0:00.0	This week artificial intelligence and its impact on the concept of truth.
0:06.8	A study from Finland on gender-affirming care and the risk of suicide.
0:12.2	Gen X and the meaning of diversity
0:14.0	and an update on Alabama's embryo case.
0:17.0	These are the stories we'll discuss today
0:18.0	on the Think Biblically weekly cultural update.
0:21.0	We'll also address some of your questions.
0:22.0	I'm your host Scott Ray and I'm your
0:24.4	co-host Sean McDow coming to you from Talbot School of Theology at
0:27.6	Biola University. So story number one is Artificial Intelligence and the
0:31.4	concept of truth published Tuesday.
0:34.0	Microsoft, chief scientific officer predicted, was quoted as predicting that AI will have
0:38.8	an impact on our notion of truth.
0:41.7	Sean, what's the connection and what's this story about?
0:44.1	Well this really grabbed my attention because Eric Horvitz, who's Microsoft's chief
0:50.0	scientific officer, he wrote that AI is moving us closer to a quote, post-epistemic world.
0:58.1	Now what does he mean by this?
1:00.6	In short, where fact cannot be distinguished from fiction.
1:05.0	And I think he's on to this with artificial intelligence.
1:07.6	So he gives a couple examples.
1:09.5	What's called deep fakes, which use AI to create synthetic videos that can impersonate people.
1:16.2	So it gives an example. Researchers at the University of Washington
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