Tag: tool trope
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Are Christian AI Boosters Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing?
A critique of Carey Nieuwhof’s interview with Gloo CTO Pat Gelsinger, showing how Christians can become prey to AI-selling wolves in Christian sheep’s clothing.
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Colson Center, Staying Human, Redeeming AI, and “Get Off My Lawn”
A response to the Colson Center’s commentary after someone complained about their “Staying Human in the Age of AI” seminar. I encourage Christians to avoid Big Tech’s deceptions.
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Video Debate: Should We Use GenAI For Ministry?
This is a video debate hosted by Renew.org for their 2026 National Gathering on the question: Should We Use GenAI For Ministry? An important dialog, showing strong differences with a charitable spirit.
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Conversation with Janet Parshall about AI Consciousness, Deepfake Theology, Christian AI Devotees, and My Job
An important and wide-ranging conversation with Moody Radio’s Janet Parshall about several ways Christians need discernment as we think about today’s AI.
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Are Software Developers More Productive With AI Assistance?
Questions about studies that claim more efficient software development, with better questions to consider.
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Should Christians Harness Generative AI Chatbots As A Force For Good?
Hard questions following Pat Gelsinger’s keynote at CCU, his company Gloo, his use of the tool trope, and whether Christians are forming an idolatrous trust in generative AI chatbots.
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What Could Possibly Be Wrong With AI Summaries?
Because AI summaries are pushed on the world from on high, few of us ask the “should we?” question. Or stop to question the tacit beliefs we hold.
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Is GenAI a Neutral Tool For Good or Evil? The Tool Trope Refocused.
Is GenAI a neutral tool that can be used for good or evil? Certainly not. We’re the tools that are shaped by it, as usual.
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AI and the Destructive Lies of the Tool Trope
My first public push-back against what I call the tool trope: “technology isn’t good or bad; it’s a tool, it’s just how you use it that matters.”
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Does Social Media Help or Hinder Discipleship? Responding to the Brady Shearer Critique
This past week, the rock-star digital media strategist Brady Shearer published a YouTube critique of my interview with Preston Sprinkle. He has 54k Instagram followers, 97k TikTok followers, and 134k YouTube subscribers. He’s super-smart and well-spoken. I’m grateful for a dialog with someone so accomplished. This is an in-depth and important conversation, so it’s long.…