Gospel & Politics: Jason Thacker
Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear
J.D. Greear
4.9 • 624 Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
A glimpse inside this episode:
* AI is transforming every aspect of society, including faith and identity.
* The concept of human dignity is central to understanding our value in the age of AI.
* AI should not be viewed as a neutral tool; it shapes and forms us.
* The image of God is crucial in discussions about technology and ethics.
* We must slow down and ask the right questions about technology's impact.
* Humanity's uniqueness lies in being created in the image of God.
* AI raises important questions about what it means to be human.
* Wisdom in technology use is more important than convenience.
* Parents should engage with their children in understanding technology.
* Government regulation of AI should prioritize human dignity.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody that is listening or watching. |
| 0:11.1 | This is Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greer. |
| 0:14.0 | I am Matt Love. |
| 0:15.6 | And this week, we are continuing on with this series. |
| 0:19.7 | We've been going through a gospel and politics series. |
| 0:23.5 | We just, as we're getting into more and more intense political season, we just feel like |
| 0:31.3 | these sorts of conversations and questions and topics are going to be really helpful. |
| 0:35.2 | And so Pastor J.D. has been doing these interviews with different people, and we've been playing those on this feed. These are just great conversations. |
| 0:42.9 | And so this week, we have a special guest, Jason Thacker. Jason Thacker serves as an assistant |
| 0:48.2 | professor of philosophy and ethics at Boyce College in Southern Seminary, which is in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also |
| 0:55.3 | a senior fellow in bioethics and director of the Research Institute at the Ethics and Religious |
| 1:01.9 | Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. It's an impressive resume, which you see |
| 1:07.5 | me glancing down. It's because I'm trying to get all this amazing stuff that this guy has done. And he's also the author of several books, including following Jesus |
| 1:14.5 | in the digital age and the age of AI, artificial intelligence, and the future of humanity. |
| 1:20.7 | So this is going to be a great conversation. And let's go ahead and hop in as Pastor J.D. |
| 1:25.3 | interviews Jason in a conversation focusing on the topic of |
| 1:29.4 | a eye. Jason, I'm very intrigued. In fact, this is one of the hottest topics right now when I'm |
| 1:39.1 | asked random questions by people somewhere. This is one I'm getting all the time on this subject here. So thank |
| 1:44.8 | you for joining me. And thank you for doing this here for us at the Summit Church. Yeah, thank you |
| 1:49.8 | for having me, JETI, looking forward to it. Yeah. Well, let's just start with a really basic question. |
| 1:53.5 | And that is what is artificial intelligence? I mean, most people, you know, is this like some kind of like, you know, hopped up Alexa and Siri? Is it chat GPT? Is it a kind of a shorter access to Google search, |
| 2:07.8 | you know, where you can get more specific or what exactly is it? How would you define it? |
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