Around the Table
Published every two weeks, this podcast exists to draw attendees of the Apostolic Christian Church of America closer to Christ and each other by providing a source of readily accessible spiritual teaching and conversations with church leadership.
Around the Table
Thinking biblically about emerging technology
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Apostolic Christian Church of America
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Season 6
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Episode 141
Guests:
Isaac Funk, Jonathan Sauder, Mark Streitmatter
Show notes:
- Purpose: develop biblical principles on discerning emerging technologies (ET).
- Defined what it is.
- Examples of ET.
- Historically, some have been fearful of ET.
- Culture we grew up in influences how we view ET.
- Important to have conversations about ET to learn how to use technology well.
- Technology is a tool to accelerate what we can do.
- Use technologies wisely.
- Be careful not to label a technology as completely good or completely bad.
- Maintain a biblical worldview.
- Explanation of ChatGPT and other types of AI (interesting).
- AI is not always accurate.
- AI does not do all things well; humans do some things better.
- Makes us think about what it means to bear the image of God.
- Church needs to help guide these conversations.