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…
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AI Won’t Get Us to Heaven. But It Might Be There When We Arrive.
If eternity includes harps and the ships of Tarshish, why not computers too? The author poses this question not only…
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…
AI And The Kingdom Of God
Our response to and participation in AI is grounded in motivations of the human heart, though sound regulation of its…
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: Can We Create Machines in Our Own Image?
Ever since the fall people have wanted to be like God, and the pretension that humans can create a conscious…
Christopher Watkin and AI: Stob Lecture 2025
We are living, Watkin argues, in AI’s “horseless carriage moment”: a formative window in which our present choices will shape…
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…
Forming a Christian View of Computer Technology
This paper poses questions related to faith and computer technology and explores how faith informs our view of computer technology.…
Learning to Live with Robots
Asimov's three laws of robotics in 1941 introduced ethical considerations into discussions about robots. His science fiction represented the vanguard…
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,…
Panel Discussion: Creativity, Spirituality, and Computer Science
Each of four panelists, including Knuth, address the question: In what sense is spiritual inspiration a relevant concept in computer…
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…
Technology and Culture
There are widely different assesments of the value of technology for modern culture. Technology is making decisive contributions to our…