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0:00Can artificial intelligence replace God?
0:05That question may sound provocative, but
0:08in an age when we turn to algorithms for
0:11answers, guidance, and even comfort, it
0:13matters deeply.
0:15Artificial intelligence can answer
0:17questions,
0:19but it cannot answer prayers. It can
0:22organize information,
0:24but it cannot offer revelation, covenant
0:27connection, or divine truth. In this
0:30message, I explore how to hear God's
0:33voice clearly in an age of artificial
0:35intelligence
0:37and why that distinction matters more
0:39now than ever.
0:55Hello, my name is Garrett Walter Gong.
1:00Garrett's a Dutch name. Walter, my
1:03father's name, is an American name.
1:06Gong, of course, is a Chinese surname.
1:10I'm the only person I know with a Dutch
1:13first name, American middle name, and
1:16Chinese last name. I'm a Silicon Valley
1:19kid. The term Silicon Valley came into
1:23use as I was coming of age.
1:26My father co-authored a physics textbook
1:29called mechanics with a man who won a
1:32Nobel Prize for researching
1:35semiconductors and discovering the
1:38transistor effect. In fact, Moore's law
1:41that semiconductors on a Silicon chip
1:44double every 18 to 24 months and their
1:47applications helped make Silicon Valley
1:52Silicon Valley. My father, Professor
1:55Walter Aong, was a compassionate and
1:58brilliant educator.
2:00He spent his life developing models that
2:03emphasize agency, responsibility,
2:07and the divine potential of every
2:10individual. His perspectives taught me
2:12to see our roles, knowledges, and
2:14experiences as sacred, relational, and
2:19interconnected.
2:21During my US State Department,
2:24I was part of the team that helped
2:26Secretary George P. Schultz research and
2:30write the shape, scope, and consequences
2:34of the age of information. As I'll
2:37discuss later, today's 21st century
2:39concentrations of information, capital,
2:43and technology in AI make it powerful
2:47and impactful in unprecedented ways.
2:52Now, I serve as a faith leader in a
2:54global Christian faith. As I visit
2:58people in over a hundred countries, I
3:01find everywhere a deep love of humanity,
3:05an appreciation for life and learning,
3:08and a commitment to every individual's
3:10potential for personal growth.
3:13Everywhere, I also find deep concern
3:16about AI, a defining issue of our time.
3:20The internet of things is becoming the
3:23artificial intelligence of things.
3:26Everything's becoming connected. Our
3:29phones, watches, doorbells, cars,
3:31factories, energy grids. Virtually
3:34everything around us is collecting and
3:37communicating. And that information is
3:40being interpreted, analyzed, and acted
3:43upon.
3:45Acknowledging these remarkable trends, I
3:48prepared six brief episodes. I titled
3:52them faith, dignity, and human
3:56flourishing.
3:57Hearing God's voice in an age of
3:59artificial intelligence.
4:02I want to be clear about real challenges
4:04and concerns. But I also want to talk
4:07about AI from a perspective of faith and
4:10hope. I want AI and related technologies
4:14to change our world for the better, to
4:17narrow digital divides, to expand human
4:20flourishing, and to enhance faith, moral
4:24clarity, human meaning and possibility.
4:29Currently, the generative pre-trained
4:31transformers we call AI refer to
4:35technology that uses algorithms to
4:38perform tasks. typically associated with
4:41human intelligence or creativity
4:44such as understanding languages,
4:47recognizing patterns, making decisions,
4:51and generating ideas.
4:53AI may function with substantial
4:56autonomy and in ways that humans cannot
4:59predict, explain, or control with
5:01certainty.
5:03Today's AI combines sophisticated
5:06natural language query and response
5:10advanced reasoning and inventive
5:13patterns of algorithms that are learning
5:16to speak nature's language.
5:19AI can frame and iteratively solve
5:22challenging practical problems, what is
5:25called hill climbing.
5:28And AI can recursively write code.
5:31Imagine AI writing AI.
5:36These new AI capacities promise advances
5:39but also disrupt established patterns in
5:42our work, social and personal lives.
5:46In recent months, I've met with business
5:48and religious leaders, technology
5:51experts, academics, policy specialists,
5:53media, and government officials in
5:56Silicon Valley as well as in Istanbul,
5:59Rome, Salt Lake City, Athens.
6:03locations that represent faith and
6:06religious tradition.
6:08We're grappling with AI's increasing
6:11capacity and the fundamental issues
6:13these new capacities raise.
6:16Here are just some of the many concerns
6:19advancing AI invites us to consider.
6:23Can safe and ethical human- centric AI
6:26create opportunity and employment and
6:28education for more people in fair ways?
6:34Can safeguards and benchmarks help AI be
6:37accurate, honest, and respectful as it
6:39portrays all individuals?
6:42As AI mimics voices, generates images,
6:46and produces narratives, it blurs the
6:50boundary of real and unreal, true and
6:53untrue, enduring and fleeting.
6:58How will we discern deep fakes?
7:01How will we decide what things generated
7:03by AI are appropriate and inappropriate?
7:08What principles and values should guide
7:10human relations with AI,
7:14especially as pervasive AI agents access
7:17personal information,
7:19affect privacy, determine workflows, and
7:23interact as information sources,
7:25counselors, and companions?
7:27What business models and societal values
7:31will define which AI companies and
7:33models thrive?
7:36Who will be able to access AI with what
7:39content at what cost?
7:43As AI becomes more capable, how do we
7:46preserve and promote divine principles
7:48of work, moral agency, accountability,
7:52and personal growth?
7:55If, as some predict in the coming two to
7:58five years, AGI, artificial general
8:01intelligence, or even ASI, artificial
8:05super intelligence, surpass human
8:08capacities for many tasks,
8:11how will we define human dignity and
8:13worth?
8:15And because the race for AI superiority
8:18increases polarization, contention, and
8:21competition
8:22among individuals, corporations, and
8:25countries, how can we preserve peace,
8:28unity, and community?
8:32As someone who has worked for years at
8:34the intersections of faith, learning,
8:36and global policy, I see artificial
8:39intelligence not only as a massively
8:42consequential technological development,
8:46but also as a profoundly significant
8:48moral opportunity to reflect on who we
8:51are and to determine how we act in
8:55today's world.
8:57In this transformative era, I invite us
9:00to remember signpost truths.
9:04As children of a loving God, we possess
9:08moral agency and the capacity for
9:10covenant community.
9:13We're responsible and accountable for
9:15our choices.
9:17Our choices shape our judgment,
9:19character, and personal growth.
9:22We each have divine worth and dignity.
9:28Compassion and integrity are hallmarks
9:30of human trust and for believers
9:34manifest the way, the truth and the life
9:38offered by disciplehip in Jesus Christ.
9:42When we truly understand who we are, we
9:46can approach AI and other new
9:47technologies with greater confidence,
9:50purpose, and wisdom.
9:53Three gospel- centered guideposts can
9:56guide our personal use of AI.
9:59First, rely on the spirit. Let
10:03technology support, not supplant,
10:05revelation, personal study, and covenant
10:09living.
10:11There is no substitute for studying it
10:13out in your own mind and feeling the
10:16Lord's spiritual confirmation in your
10:18heart and mind.
10:22Second, practice wisdom. Apply wise
10:25judgment informed by doctrine and our
10:28own lived experience.
10:31Third, choose trusted sources, anchor
10:35understanding in scripture, prophetic
10:38counsel, and reliable information.
10:42I'm inviting us to be thoughtful and
10:44intentional about our use of AI as a
10:47tool on our journey of disciplehip.
10:52On a piece of paper, please write
10:54artificial intelligence at the top,
10:57opportunities on the top left, and
11:00challenges on the top right.
11:03Consider your AI opportunities.
11:06Where and how might AI help you and
11:08those around you? Challenges. Where
11:12could AI detract or limit you or those
11:16you care about?
11:18learning,
11:20organizing, connecting. How can AI be a
11:23positive or negative influence in your
11:25personal choices and relationships?
11:28I want to discuss how AI affects our
11:31four basic relationships
11:34with deity. Thou,
11:37self, I, society and others, they,
11:43natural world and environment, it,
11:46thou, I, they, it. Each relationship is
11:51core and AI affects all four.
12:00We begin at the beginning.
12:04In the beginning, God created the heaven
12:07and the earth. And God said, "Let there
12:10be light." And there was light. And God
12:14saw the light that it was good.
12:17You may or may not consider yourself
12:19spiritual or religious, but each of us
12:23have personal moments of reflection,
12:25reverence, even transcendence.
12:28We feel present. We feel purpose and
12:31connection. This occurs in part because
12:34all things denote and bear record of
12:37their creator.
12:39Put another way, God is God. Some talk
12:43too glibly about AI becoming God or
12:47godlike AI.
12:49Even if AI training changes or if we
12:52achieve AGI artificial general
12:55intelligence or ASI artificial super
12:59intelligence
13:01we know reasoning even superhuman
13:04reasoning has limitations.
13:08Man is not and certainly divinity is not
13:12defined solely by reasoning. AI is not
13:16and cannot be God.
13:19AI can answer questions but it cannot
13:22answer prayers. It may organize thoughts
13:26but it cannot offer covenant
13:28relationships or blessings.
13:30platforms and technologies cannot
13:33substitute for authentic divine and
13:37human connection.
13:39Human source AI training data. Humans
13:42inject and align AI moral and ethical
13:45principles.
13:47No wonder we notice human biases,
13:49assumptions, and values in AI answers
13:52and AI personas.
13:55Perhaps reflecting our human zeitgeist,
13:57AI models sometimes reflect the will to
14:00power, syncopy, narcissism, bias,
14:04deceit, self-preservation.
14:08Through it all, we know artificial
14:10intelligence cannot replace revelation
14:13or generate truth from God.
14:17AI is math and math is not conscious or
14:21alive.
14:22God is our ultimate reality. He is
14:25perfect, compassionate, and omnisient.
14:29He never hallucinates. He never makes
14:32things up. He always tells the truth,
14:35and it is the truth.
14:39Please do not allow AI to come between
14:41you and your personal relationship with
14:43God. As a creation of God, man can
14:47create AI, but AI cannot create God.
14:52By its nature, artificial intelligence
14:55is in some ways always artificial.
14:58Deity is never artificial at any time in
15:03any way.
15:05The world's great religious,
15:07philosophical, and ethical traditions
15:10have guided human civilization and
15:12society for millennia.
15:15We need that wisdom and values to help
15:17anchor AI today.
15:20The Vatican statement on AI called
15:23antiqua and nova old and new begins with
15:27a clarion reminder. Our human
15:30stewardship for the created world
15:33includes governing the gift of
15:34intelligence. So it enhances human
15:37progress and the common good.
15:41In the Jewish tradition, the rabba
15:43describes a profound difference between
15:46a human soul and artificial
15:48intelligence.
15:51In an Islamic perspective, the Adamic
15:54covenant signifies the primordial moral
15:57bond between humanity and God vertically
16:01and among human beings horizontally.
16:05In my faith tradition, that of a global
16:08Christian faith, we believe the spirit
16:11and the body or the soul of man. The
16:13elements are eternal and spirit and
16:16element inseparably connected receive a
16:20fullness of joy.
16:22AI is mathematical algorithms and
16:25machine may display significant
16:28reasoning capacities as a sophisticated
16:32computer may. And AI may reflect some
16:34elements of persona and personality,
16:38but AI does not represent as a human
16:41soul does the coming together of divine
16:45spirit and physical body.
16:50Scripture including restoration
16:51scripture helps us distinguish among
16:55divine intelligence, human intelligence
16:58and artificial intelligence.
17:01Genesis 11 recounts the time when men
17:05with one language and one speech said,
17:08"Go too, let us build a city and a tower
17:11whose top may reach unto heaven.
17:14Therefore is the name of it called
17:16Babel."
17:18In this biblical account of the tower of
17:20Babel, we understand God's displeasure
17:23at the human arrogance of men who
17:25thought they could build a physical
17:27tower to rival heaven.
17:30A Jewish chief rabbi adds an
17:32interpretation from the Midash, the
17:34traditional commentary on the Torah.
17:38This reading of the Midash says,
17:40"Frenzied to build a physical tower. Men
17:44wept more when clay bricks were broken
17:47than when human beings making the bricks
17:50died.
17:51When men promoted material things like
17:53clay bricks and towers above the lives
17:57and values of human individuals, it is
18:00no wonder the God of heaven grieved.
18:04Our great religious traditions assert
18:06nobility and potential for men and women
18:10because of covenant connection with the
18:13thou.
18:14Divine connection with God also defines
18:18a shared relationship together.
18:21The southern African word ubuntu.
18:25I am because we are. I and thou can make
18:32we.
18:33Thou and I and they together remind us
18:37of the familiar saying is the fatherhood
18:40of God which makes possible the
18:44brotherhood and sisterhood of men and
18:46women everywhere.
18:50So, please do not let AI technologies
18:53inadvertently create your image of God
18:56in the image of AI. Learn who God truly
19:00is through his word and spirit.
19:03Sometimes it may feel like heaven is
19:06quiet.
19:08Learn to hear God's voice through
19:10inspiration.
19:12God is not a chatbot or search result
19:15that answers questions what it thinks we
19:17want to hear.
19:19God knows our intents, the hopes and
19:22longings of our hearts, the anguish and
19:26joys of our souls.
19:28He listens.
19:30He hears. He answers.
19:34God creates and entrusts us with
19:36opportunities and experiences to work,
19:39learn, create.
19:41In my faith, we believe the glory of God
19:44is intelligence or in other words, light
19:48and truth. We believe whatever principle
19:51of intelligence we attain unto in this
19:54life, it will rise with us in the
19:57resurrection.
19:59Indeed, if a person gains more knowledge
20:01or intelligence in this life through his
20:04diligence and obedience than another, he
20:08will have so much the advantage in the
20:09world to come.
20:12No wonder we invite you to learn through
20:14your own best efforts, through your own
20:17best work, where you work hard and
20:20smart, where you acknowledge your work,
20:23not claiming AI work as your own.
20:27Here's a vital principle. The more we
20:30work with intent, diligence, and effort,
20:35the more and better we benefit from and
20:37through our work.
20:40Please be wise. If AI can help your
20:43work, please consider using it. But
20:46please recognize the difference between
20:48AI helping tutor you to enhance your
20:52understanding and you simply having AI
20:55do your homework with little benefit to
20:57your learning. If we let it, AI can let
21:01us slip into being lazy, dependent,
21:04perhaps dishonest.
21:06Please do not let AI replace you in work
21:09that would otherwise help you stretch
21:12and grow. And please do not take credit
21:15and claim as your own work what you know
21:17AI has primarily done.
21:21When we apply the principle of
21:22individual growth through our work and
21:25effort, AI can enhance, deepen, enliven
21:29our creativity and capacity.
21:32As a tool well used, AI can help us.
21:36This is especially true when we are
21:38doing and growing through our efforts
21:40and work.
21:42Specifically in a religious setting, we
21:45do not grow spiritually if we let AI
21:47write our talks or lessons or do our
21:50seminary or institute homework. While AI
21:53can be a useful tool for online
21:55research, editing, translation, and
21:57other tasks,
21:59we should not use AI to create or write
22:01our initial drafts or final versions of
22:04our spiritual messages.
22:07Let spiritual preparation and personal
22:10testimony lead.
22:37our relationship with self. I represents
22:41our divine and human identity.
22:45Naturally, we take pride and find
22:47meaning in our work. Yet, as AI becomes
22:50increasingly capable, we may need to
22:53rethink purpose and meaning in human
22:55work. As AI displaces some jobs, and as
23:00AI opens many new work opportunities,
23:03for a long time, we've defined ourselves
23:06on what human beings can do that
23:08machines, even intelligent machines,
23:11cannot do. Yet, as artificial
23:14intelligence makes some forms of
23:16intelligence a kind of commodity,
23:19we're challenged to redefine ourselves
23:21beyond intelligence.
23:23We can place greater emphasis on what
23:25really makes us human, enduring
23:28characteristics such as faith,
23:30compassion, love, humility, empathy,
23:34forgiveness.
23:36Do you like to play games like
23:38tic-tac-toe, chess, or maybe go?
23:42If you go first and know how to play,
23:45you can always win or draw a game of
23:48tic-tac-toe.
23:50If you go second and know how to play,
23:52you can always tie a game of
23:55tic-tac-toe.
23:57This is because tic-tac-toe has limited
23:59moves. We call it a solved game. Good
24:04players can always win or draw.
24:08Chess, of course, is more complicated
24:10than tic-tac-toe.
24:12In chess, each side has 16 pieces and a
24:16seemingly infinite number of moves in
24:18any situation.
24:20Name for estimates done by Claude
24:22Shannon. The Shannon number says there
24:25are 10 followed by 120 zeros possible
24:31moves in chess.
24:33This assumes about 30 legal moves per
24:36position. In a typical chess game of
24:39about 40 moves, with so many
24:42possibilities and complexities,
24:45many assumed chess would never be a
24:47solved game. We thought human skill and
24:50strategy would always dominate chess
24:53mastery.
24:55That was until a powerful computer
24:58called Deep Blue was programmed and
25:00trained to play chess. In 1997, under
25:04tournament conditions, Deep Blue
25:07defeated the then reigning human chess
25:09champion of the world. A Russian
25:11Grandmaster named Gary Kasparov.
25:14The Deep Blue computer won 3.5 games to
25:182.5 games where.5 indicates a draw.
25:23How? Deep Blue test played millions of
25:27different positions over days and hours
25:30without needing to rest.
25:32Deeploo was never surprised or psyched
25:35out. Also, Deeplue learned to play a
25:38specific individual, Gary Kasparov.
25:41Deeplue knew every game Kasparov had
25:44ever played, even how we use specific
25:47pieces like bishops. Deeplue learned to
25:50beat Kasparov.
25:53Sophisticated and complicated in its own
25:56way, Jeopardy is a game of memory and
25:59inventive analytical skill. A Jeopardy
26:03game draws on hundreds of categories and
26:05questions. History, literature,
26:08geography, even quirky questions like,
26:11"Name the US states whose names begin
26:15with the letter C," and arrange them in
26:18order according to the per capita
26:20gallons of ice cream their citizens
26:22consume in presidential election years.
26:26That's supposed to be a joke.
26:29Jeopardy also includes speed and timing
26:32and therefore nerves. In 2011, Watson
26:36the computer defeated Ken Jennings, one
26:40of the winningest human Jeopardy
26:42champions of all time.
26:45Jennings noted, "Watson, unlike a human,
26:49never hesitated, never doubted, and
26:52never flinched before pushing the answer
26:54button."
26:56This reality raises a profound question.
27:00When and where should humans be in the
27:02loop with time to pause and reflect
27:06before we allow AI to push some buttons.
27:12A third game thought insoluble was go.
27:16In the game of go, players alternate
27:19placing either black or white pieces on
27:22a board. You win Go by encircling your
27:25opponent's pieces.
27:272017, the Alph Go program, Google
27:30DeepMind AI, beat the world's Go
27:33champion, a man named Ka three times in
27:38three games. The defeated human champion
27:41called Alph Go, the god of Go.
27:45Of significance, Alph Go was programmed
27:48to train itself by playing itself
27:50millions of times. Alph Go played more
27:53games than a human could play in their
27:55lifetime.
27:57In the process, AlphaGo developed
27:59inventive and novel strategies.
28:02AlphaGo learned to place pieces in
28:04unprecedented places, unseen and
28:08unexpected in human play. Sometimes the
28:11strategic importance of novel piece
28:14placements only became evident many
28:17moves later.
28:20Well, Deep Blue in 1997, Watson in 2011,
28:24and Alph Go in 2017,
28:27respectively defeated the human world
28:30champions in chess, Jeopardy, and Go. An
28:34age of artificial intelligence was born
28:36in the popular mind with Chat GBT's
28:40public debut in November 2022.
28:44Since then, some 1.4 4 billion
28:48individuals,
28:50one in six people worldwide, are now
28:53estimated to use AI tools regularly.
28:57This form of artificial intelligence is
29:00one of history's fastest technology
29:02adoptions.
29:04Now AI can pass a college credit AP
29:07exam, legal bar, or doctor's medical
29:11exam with high scores.
29:14AI can paint a picture, narrate a movie,
29:17write a hit country music song. AI can
29:21fold proteins, spot signal from noise in
29:24massive amounts of information.
29:27Artificial intelligence can manage
29:29inventory, spot consumer purchasing
29:32trends, tweak, monitor, send
29:35personalized advertising messages to
29:38millions of people.
29:40Some want AI advice on matters of human
29:43judgment and interest, including things
29:46of the heart. But in it all, please
29:50begin by knowing God's plan for you. You
29:54are not a random data point and an
29:56unfeilling algorithm. You're a beloved
29:59child of God, a child of the covenant, a
30:03disciple of Jesus Christ.
30:06Your eternal worth is not calculated by
30:08likes, trend lines or predictive
30:11analytics.
30:12No machine can measure your divine
30:15potential.
30:18Each individual matters.
30:20All of us are unique. If we're not
30:23careful, we may inadvertently allow
30:26algorithms to define us. Research shows
30:30some people overrust AI.
30:33This is because we may think a chatbot
30:35knows more about the world than we do or
30:38because we may think a chatbot does not
30:40have human problems.
30:43Technology cannot tell us who we are or
30:46what we should do. Our individual moral
30:49agency means we can choose with God's
30:52help our path and priorities.
30:56God invites us to act in faith, choose
30:59wisely, and grow through lived effort
31:02and experience.
31:05With God's help, we can chart a path of
31:08personal growth and disciplehip that
31:11algorithms will never fully comprehend.
31:15Let AI inform, but you decide with the
31:20Lord. Your identity and your agency are
31:24sacred. Our
31:52relationship with the thou
31:54teaches we belong in community with
31:57other people in society with they.
32:01When we together confront pandemics,
32:03wildfires, or quietly meet daily needs,
32:07we receive inspiration and strength. As
32:11we counsel together, we listen to each
32:13person and the Holy Spirit.
32:16Authentic human relationships matter.
32:20compassion, kindness, optimism.
32:23They require lived experience and
32:25authentic relationships.
32:28Faith and authenticity are manifest when
32:31we commit that no one sits alone.
32:35No one sits alone means no one sits
32:38alone spiritually or emotionally.
32:41Especially no one should sit alone
32:44lonely or emotionally dependent with an
32:47AI chatbot.
32:49Monologue with an AI algorithm is
32:52different than dialogue with a human
32:55friend or family member.
32:58We move into a gray area when we think
33:01AI can counsel us on personal questions
33:04like which job to take or who to marry
33:06or where to find God.
33:09My heart goes out to those who confide
33:11for hours in AI chatbots, thinking those
33:15AI chatbots listen or know them. AI
33:19chatbots do not.
33:22Some AI chatbots only run algorithms
33:24designed to encourage more human screen
33:26time.
33:29Will you please put your finger on your
33:30nose? This is a fun pneumonic, a
33:34memorable way to promise ourselves and
33:37those around us that we will not let any
33:40human person feel an AI chatbot listens
33:42or cares for them more than we as fellow
33:46human beings ought to.
33:49Thank you.
33:51Of course, none of us is perfect in how
33:54we listen and understand each other.
33:56None of us is as attentive as willing to
34:00please 24/7 as an AI chatbot. And that's
34:04a reason we need human they belonging
34:07with each other.
34:10Real human relationships are not
34:12solopscistic
34:14us talking to ourselves.
34:17Real relationships are human
34:18relationships.
34:20Covenant belonging is not selfish. It
34:23does not focus primarily on the self
34:26particularly if that self is us doing
34:29only what we want.
34:32Thou and they go together because thou
34:36covenant belonging gives us they
34:40need thou, they and I together.
34:45Of course, AI interfaces can help us
34:47learn to cook, find adventure locations,
34:50improve our pickle ball third shot drop.
34:53AI can help us plan activities,
34:56translate messages, organize our
34:58schedule, but then let us spend our best
35:01energy with people.
35:04Computer assisted tools can help connect
35:07us with family, past and present, what
35:10we call family history or genealogy.
35:14I love that we may feel alone in the
35:17world until family history and genealogy
35:20deeply connect us with family we may
35:23have never known. My wife and I traveled
35:26to Loft, England to place a memorial
35:29marker on the grave of Maryanne and
35:32Joseph Cunningham, my wife's second
35:34greatgrandparents.
35:36For 160 years, Maryanne and Joseph were
35:41buried in unmarked poppers graves.
35:45An inspired genealogologist helped us to
35:47locate those graves. He used
35:49state-of-the-art computer assisted
35:51tools. He also searched the cemetery the
35:55good old-fashioned way by checking
35:57graves one by one.
36:00AI and technology can help us connect
36:03our names into relationships that place
36:07and unite us in an eternal family.
36:12As you may know, Manchester, England is
36:14one of the places where the 19th century
36:17industrial revolution began. The
36:20industrial revolution transformed
36:22relationships between people and things
36:25and among people in society.
36:29Now, artificial intelligence is changing
36:32our day in even more profound ways than
36:37the industrial revolution transformed
36:39its day.
36:41In our personal lives, please use AI for
36:45logistics and drafts, but not as a
36:47substitute for trusted relationships.
36:50Set boundaries. If you feel tempted to
36:53confide more in a chatbot than in a
36:56friend, a parent, or leader, may I
36:58invite you to reach out today, now to a
37:03real person who knows and loves you.
37:07Trust in God and those around you who do
37:10know and love you. God knows you better
37:13and loves you more than you know or love
37:16yourself.
37:18This is the reason he gives us each
37:20other. That can never be said for an AI
37:23chatbot.
37:26Our four core relationships also include
37:29the natural world and environment. The
37:32IT, another relationship AI is changing.
37:38Prioritize real conversations with real
37:42people. Let algorithms assist, but spend
37:46your best energy with people.
38:13Beautiful locations like this
38:16remind us that in the beginning God
38:19created the heaven and the earth. And
38:22God saw everything that he had made. And
38:26behold, it was very good.
38:30Beauty, order, and purpose in God's
38:32creations.
38:34witness his love and inspire our
38:37reverence. They invite wise stewardship.
38:42In our natural environment, we are
38:45organically imshed with nature's times
38:47and seasons,
38:49recurring cycles of day and night, es
38:53and flows of life, death, rebirth.
38:57Yet unless we are careful, we can lose
39:00covenant connection to the natural world
39:02in today's modernity of artificial
39:05conveniences and comforts.
39:08In southwestern Utah are the Parowan
39:11Mountains. North of Perowan City, the
39:14Parowan Gap, a 500 ft deep, three-mile
39:18long pass links the Parowan and Cedar
39:22valleys.
39:23A peran gap placard describes the
39:26connections of the Hopi tribe with the
39:29Powan Gap. This way,
39:32the Hopi people
39:35entered into a sacred covenant with
39:37Masa, the Earth guardian, declaring
39:40their responsibility to be preservers,
39:44protectors, and stewards of the earth.
39:47In accordance with this covenant,
39:50ancestors of the Hopi people or people
39:54of long ago migrated through the Peruan
39:57Gap to Hopi, the spiritual center of the
40:01earth. The petroglyphs here testified to
40:05the fulfillment of their covenant with
40:08Massau.
40:10Recently, my wife and I traveled to a
40:12national park known for its certified
40:14dark sky starry nights.
40:17What is called a bord scale measures
40:20light pollution. A bord scale class one
40:24is the darkest night sky. A bord scale
40:28class 9 is the brightest night sky,
40:32meaning most light polluted.
40:35We were in a border scale class one or
40:37two area. Very dark and very clear on a
40:42moonless night.
40:44We put away our phones, roasted
40:47marshmallows as the sun set, and watched
40:50the Milky Way through the night.
40:54The Milky Way is the stuff of myth,
40:56marvel, and mystery.
40:59Don't you love how every culture and
41:01people tells their own story of the
41:04Milky Way?
41:06In Chinese, Milky Way is Ingha, the
41:09silver river. In Belusen, Estonian,
41:13Finnish, it is the way of the birds.
41:16Some call the Milky Way the road to
41:19Santiago.
41:20In Cherokee, it's the way the dog ran
41:23away. In Hebrew, the river of light.
41:28IMAX James Web Space Telescope images
41:32project even deeper in space what the
41:35Hubble telescope deep field images
41:38earlier showed.
41:40As the great prophets Moses and Abraham
41:43testify,
41:44God's creations include worlds without
41:47number, galaxies on galaxies,
41:51even in places where the night sky seems
41:54empty. The great French author Victor
41:57Hugo in lay miser rob puts it this way.
42:02Nothing is small. Actually,
42:04anyone who leaves themselves open to
42:06nature knows this. Algebra applies to
42:10the clouds.
42:12The radiance of the star benefits the
42:14rose. There are miraculous relationships
42:17between beings and things in this
42:20inexhaustible hole. From sun to aphid,
42:24no one looks down on anyone else.
42:27Everyone needs each other.
42:31Truly all things denote there is a God.
42:35Yay, even the earth and all things that
42:38are upon the face of it, and its motion,
42:41yay, and also all the planets which move
42:44in their regular form do witness there
42:47is a supreme creator.
42:51Yay, all things which come of the earth
42:54in the season thereof are made for the
42:56benefit in the use of man, both to
42:59please the eye and to gladden the heart.
43:03Beauty, says author Marilyn Robinson, is
43:06the signature of God.
43:09An important way to know God is to
43:11discern his signature and creations made
43:14to gladden the heart.
43:17Imagine you're preparing for a
43:19wilderness hike.
43:21You light a single candle as you
43:23assemble your maps, food, sleeping bag,
43:25tent, and so on.
43:28Because of the light in the room, you do
43:30not notice the candle.
43:33Now imagine you turn off the light in
43:35the room. Now the candle shines clear
43:39and bright. It illuminates the room. It
43:42was not that the lit candle was
43:44invisible before. It was that the room's
43:48artificial light obscured the lit
43:50candle's natural light.
43:54Some ways we need to be in nature away
43:58from the artificial light and the
44:00artificiality which crowds so much of
44:03modern life.
44:05There we can see God's light not as a
44:09single candle but as Evie White put it
44:12as the combustion of stars.
44:16Digital screens can serve us, but they
44:20can't substitute for the testimonies of
44:22nature and the natural world.
44:26AI cannot replace sunlight, wind, and
44:29natural wonder.
44:30Digital exchanges are at best a poor
44:33substitute or at worst a counterfeit for
44:38what we live through our senses, hearts,
44:40and minds. Our physical and spiritual
44:44senses and abilities are God-given
44:47in part so we can experience time,
44:50space, and physicality,
44:52including the stunning, revitalizing
44:55beauty of our physical world and
44:58environment.
45:01As the race for AI compute intensifies,
45:06many express concern for the natural
45:08resources AI consumes and AI's impact on
45:13our environment.
45:15AI queries often consume more compute
45:17time and energy than traditional
45:21computer operations.
45:23AI data centers require significant
45:25amounts of land, electricity, and water.
45:29The intricate supply chains needed to
45:31build AI systems also tax our natural
45:34environment. These include the mining,
45:37refining, processing, and cleaning rare
45:40earth minerals and other elements and
45:42components on which AI systems depend.
45:47Also, demand for AI services continues
45:50to increase.
45:52So we need to approach the expansion of
45:55AI infrastructure with wisdom and
45:57concern for our natural world and
45:59environment.
46:02Beyond these impacts on our natural
46:04environment, we need continually to ask
46:07about how we allow AI to influence our
46:10personal inner environment
46:12and the environment we create around us.
46:16Studies estimate that US adults average
46:195 to 6 hours a day on our phones,
46:22computers, and televisions.
46:24Teenagers spend 8 to nine hours a day
46:26engaged with their screens.
46:29We know excessive screen time can
46:32contribute to depression and anxiety.
46:35Overd dependence on social media and
46:39artificial intelligence can damage
46:41self-esteem, confidence, and contribute
46:44to mental health challenges.
46:48Excessive screen time also comes at a
46:50high opportunity cost.
46:53Imagine all the things we could do with
46:56that time.
46:58So, as the saying goes, please make time
47:01to touch grass.
47:04If you find you're more comfortable on
47:06your phone than with people, or that
47:08it's keeping you from the delight,
47:10serendipity, and spontaneity inherent in
47:13God's nature, now is a good time to
47:16change.
47:18Find again the serenity, calm, and
47:20assurance that comes when we reimmerse
47:23ourselves in the order and beauty of
47:26creation.
47:28Let quiet natural places put our daily
47:31personal concerns in perspective.
47:34Watering a plant, nurturing a garden,
47:38they can restore equilibrium.
47:41It can uncrrow an apartment. It can
47:44unclutter a mind.
47:47Watch the leaves dance with the first
47:50kiss of light.
47:52Pause as the sun paints the clouds with
47:54God's pallet.
47:57Listen to the stories the constellations
47:59tell as they wheel through the expanses
48:01of the heavens.
48:04It takes conscious effort to slow down.
48:08God's goodness can enrich our souls.
48:11Today's noisy, cluttered, polluted world
48:15can make it hard to be still and know
48:17that I am God.
48:20We curate life to be insta perfect even
48:24though we know insta perfect is neither
48:26insta nor perfect.
48:29Only when we turn off the kitchen fan do
48:32we remember how noisy it is.
48:35Sometimes
48:37slowing things down, those things that
48:40matter less, helps us find the things
48:43that matter most.
48:46In an age of AI, what tech insiders
48:49warned earlier is even more true now.
48:54If you're not paying for the product,
48:56you are the product.
48:58many social media and AI algorithms
49:01optimized for online use, sharing, and
49:05monetized advertising profit.
49:08Money-driven apps can foster suspicion,
49:11division, and depression.
49:14Also telling is that the tech gurus who
49:18most understand the tech protect their
49:21children from excessive social media
49:23use.
49:26When I can't get out to hike, I
49:29sometimes curl up with an actual hard
49:31coverver book like the journals of John
49:34Mure, one of America's great
49:36conservationists.
49:39This great naturalist helped champion
49:41Euseite as one of the first US national
49:44parks.
49:46Here's a Mir journal entry from 23 June
49:50from his book, My First Summer in the
49:53Sierras. quote,
49:55"Oh these vast, calm, measurless
49:59mountain days,
50:01inciting at once to work and rest,
50:04days in whose light everything seems
50:07equally divine,
50:09opening a thousand windows to show us
50:12God.
50:14Never more,
50:16however weary should one faint by the
50:19way, who gains the blessings of one
50:21mountain day.
50:23Whatever his fate, long life, short
50:27life, stormy or calm, he is rich
50:32forever.
50:35Can we use AI to deepen experience with
50:37nature?
50:39Yes, a chatbot can suggest hikes, parks,
50:43seasonal activities. It can create a
50:46nature scavenger list. It can identify
50:48plants or insects.
50:51But the real exploring happens when we
50:54go exploring.
50:56Step outside digital reality into
51:00physical reality.
51:03Be spiritually present in the moment.
51:06Invite friends or family, but put your
51:08device away.
51:10When we step outside, we step into God's
51:14classroom.
51:15Nature teaches patience as seeds grow,
51:19humility as storms pass, and joy as
51:22sunlight warms the earth.
51:25These lessons are not downloaded,
51:28they're lived.
51:30As we reverence in and care for
51:32creation, we honor the creator. Every
51:36breath of fresh, crisp air can spark
51:38gratitude.
51:40Intentionally choose moments that
51:42gladden the heart and lift the soul.
51:46Technology can inform us, but without
51:49the spirit, it cannot transform our
51:52nature or our being. Let us wisely use
51:56AI and technology tools to deepen faith
51:59and spiritual understanding,
52:01strengthen relationships and families,
52:04and instill reverence and gratitude for
52:07God's creations.
52:53Disciplehip
52:55is a covenant journey.
52:58AI is a tool.
53:00When we rely on the spirit, practice
53:04wisdom, and choose trusted sources,
53:07technology can help us deepen our
53:09relationships with God, thou, self, I,
53:15others, they, and the natural world and
53:18environment, it.
53:20In our conversation, I invited us to
53:24first set guidelines for how you will
53:27use AI. So AI does not get between you
53:31and your personal relationship with God.
53:34Second, write down three truths about
53:37who you are. A child of God, a child of
53:40the covenant, and a disciple of Jesus
53:43Christ.
53:44Place them somewhere visible. Each time
53:47you see them, pause and remember.
53:50Third, send one thoughtful message that
53:54you write yourself or visit in a
53:57personal and meaningful way a family
54:00member, friend, roommate, or neighbor.
54:04Fourth, spend meaningful time in nature.
54:08Silence your notifications.
54:10Offer a prayer of gratitude for the
54:12beauty and testimony of all the things
54:15that denote the natural order and the
54:18loving purposes of God, the great
54:21creator.
54:23In a world of accelerating technology
54:25and artificial intelligence,
54:28may we never lose the divine
54:30intelligence that matters most, the
54:33voice of God. May we listen for his
54:36whisper amid the noise. love one another
54:40beyond algorithms and steward creation
54:43and the environment with reverence.
54:47In conclusion, to chart our best future
54:50and an age of artificial intelligence,
54:53we need what the poet WB Yates called
54:57our deep heart's core.
54:59Ultimately, neither in humans nor in AI
55:03can we promote the greater good simply
55:05by relying on do not guard rails or
55:08constraints.
55:10Particularly at this critical juncture
55:12in AI capacity and potential. We owe it
55:16to ourselves to prioritize AI
55:19which increases opportunities for what I
55:22call an AI gift of human possibility.
55:26An authentic AI gift of possibility
55:30can expand human agency and dignity,
55:35prioritize learning and enlarge human
55:37character
55:39and empower individuals to find dignity,
55:42place and purpose as each contributes to
55:46the greater good.
55:48I want AI to be morally grounded and to
55:51have a moral compass. I want AI which
55:55inspires and enables anyone anywhere
55:59to have the possibility to become
56:02anything.
56:04We should design AI to help give this
56:06gift of possibility to all.
56:10I close with a personal experience that
56:13illustrates anyone anywhere having the
56:16possibility to become anything.
56:20Recently I visited the small island of
56:23Neas and the Eastern Caribbean.
56:26NeAs is 5 miles wide by 7 mi long, 35
56:33square miles,
56:35a nowhere dot in the ocean.
56:38I went to NeAs because I wanted to
56:41witness for myself the gift of
56:44possibility.
56:46I found on the small island of NeAs the
56:49home and birthplace of a man who changed
56:52the world. This individual shares his
56:56name with a hit hiphop musical and with
56:59his face on the US $10 bill.
57:03I also found on the small island of NeAs
57:06a young school teacher. This school
57:09teacher proudly says a student from his
57:11island changed the world.
57:14This diligent teacher teaches his
57:16geography and Spanish classes
57:19fully believing any of his students may
57:23be the next Alexander Hamilton.
57:27Anyone
57:29anywhere has the possibility to become
57:32anything.
57:35Everywhere I go, now to more than 120
57:39countries and territories, I see human
57:42potential and possibility.
57:45With AI, we should promote human agency
57:49and enlarge human capacity. We want each
57:53individual to flourish as we contribute
57:56to the greater good, enlarge abundance,
58:00and share prosperity.
58:02It's why we need faith, moral agency,
58:06and moral compass, and the gift of
58:09possibility in an age of artificial
58:12intelligence.
58:15May you discern with the gift of the
58:17Holy Ghost,
58:19what is real and unreal,
58:23true and untrue,
58:26uplifting and not uplifting,
58:30with faith and righteous intent.
58:33Please choose wisely to follow Jesus
58:36Christ. Work with faith, obedience, and
58:40diligence to become all you can become
58:44as a child of God.
58:47Trust and believe in God. May he bless
58:50you with every opportunity to learn and
58:53serve with every good gift and enduring
58:56joy. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ.
59:01Amen.

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