Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Jonathan’s blog and is published by permission. The original article and other thoughts on Christian theology and pastoring may be found at jonathanthrelfall.com.
Generative AI is breathtaking in the scope of its abilities, but it is no different from any other technology in that its inventors cannot predict or control the benefits and consequences.
Along with technologies of writing, currency, transportation, and food production, AI confronts us with this quandary: how can we use this and not be corrupted by it? It’s a tension explored in works of literature, including J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and it goes as far back as the book of Genesis—with Noah’s winepress and Babel’s bricks and mortar.
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Jonathan Threlfall is the lead pastor at Trinity Baptist Church, Concord, N.H., and writes regularly at jonathanthrelfall.com.
