A Christian Appraisal of Stephen Wolfram’s *A New Kind of Science* [Book Review]
Wolfram (2002) presents some ideas about informatics/computer science that relate to Christian beliefs. For Wolfram, everything is software; all processes…
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AI and Writing: Do We Speak the Words of Stochastic Parrots?
Generative Artificial Intelligence systems have become increasingly comparable to the capabilities of humans in some domains, such as text and…
AI and the Biblical Story: Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist
Popular talk; opens with an illustrative ChatGPT Dr. Seuss-like poem about Bristol, TN, the venue's location. Some pundits today predict…
AI in Education: Villain, Savior, or Something Else?
Technology, including artificial intelligence, has the potential to do good as well as harm; it can be developed either in…
Artificial Intelligence: Discerning a Christian Response
Lead article in a theme issue on artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques have achieved remarkable strides in tackling difficult…
Artificial Intelligence Research: An Evangelical Assessment
Research in artificial intelligence represents the logical outcome of social science assumptions concerning humanity and the means used to understand…
Brains, Machines, and Persons
Discusses significance of brain research, whether intelligence or consciousness can be credited to computers, and how these things relate to…
Creativity and Computer Reasoning
Looks at the Halting Problem, describing what it entails and what its implications are for computer intelligence. Begins by looking…
How Does A.I. Play a Role in Grief, Immortality, and Digital Resurrection?
Derek talks about his journey connecting faith, grief, computer science, and technology. He begins by talking about his personal life…
Shaping A Digital World [Book Review]
A theology of digital technology written by a professor of computer science who benefited from fruitful interactions with his colleagues…
Shaping a Digital World
Schuurman provides a brief theology of technology, rooted in the Reformed tradition and oriented around the grand themes of creation,…
Personhood and the Perception of Truth in the Age of AI
The talk began with a Dr. Seuss-like poem about Gordon College to illustrate what today's chatbots can produce with data…
Spring Convocation (2025) at Montreat College
The talk began with a Dr. Seuss-like poem about Montreat College to illustrate what today's chatbots can produce with data…
The Theology of Robots
A provocative informal talk that seems less speculative today than when it was written on whether robots might come to…