Artificial Intelligence and Christian Love Ethics

Welcome to Made for Mondays. It is June 5th, and you're tuned in on your radio dial to Made for Mondays with Justin Lester. I'm so glad you're here with us today as we continue our journey in talking about artificial intelligence and today about a Christian love ethic. One of the biggest questions I've gotten is what does it means to merge ethics and artificial intelligence, in this case, Christian love ethics? Let's talk about it. I think you're gonna like this one today as we engage, and I hope this is helpful because remember, you were Made for Mondays Mondays and own you. You own your Mondays. Let's jump into our time. Welcome back. Let's do this. So how do we keep a Christian love ethic with artificial intelligence? Let's remember, what is artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science that focuses on creating machines to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as learning, problem solving and decision making. AI systems use algorithms and statistical models to analyze large amounts of data, recognize patterns, and make predictions of those decisions based on data. So what about Christian love ethics? Well, check this out. I was talking to someone who works at Google. I said to them, I said, what about ethics and AI? And they laughed and they said, what about ethics and politics? And they said, justin, we talk. We want ethics in something that we've created and we're sinners. So we really have to consider so much more than trying to dress up artificial intelligence. So I was trying to think through, taking the story of Jesus, merging it together to write something on Christian love ethics and artificial intelligence. So let's think through this. Keeping a Christian love ethic with artificial intelligence requires us to consider how AI aligns with values of Jesus, love, compassion, and justice. That's at the heart of Christian ethics. Here's some principles to keep in mind, so let's merge this together. Number one is human dignity. As Christians, we believe that all human beings are created within the image of God and have an inherent dignity and worth. So when developing artificial intelligence, let's ensure that it respects and upholds dignity rather than treating people as mere data and objects to be analyzed. That's the first way. Let's then, number two, what's another lane of Christian love ethics? Number two, justice. The biblical concept of justice emphasizes fairness, equality, and the protection of the vulnerable. Right? The least loss left out, left behind, therefore. So in artificial intelligence, I think the opportunity is to promote those values rather than perpetuating or exacerbating existing inequalities and bias. That means learning about this understanding. It and diving into the deep end on it. Number three is accountability. That's in Christian love ethics. So as creators of AI, you I will use ChatGPT. When we use OpenAI, have a responsibility to ensure that is being used ethically and for the benefit of all. That requires transparency, accountability, and ongoing evaluation of our ethical implications. When we use artificial intelligence, it's not the creators, it's us. How are we using it? Because we're the ones assisting the code being written. This is what makes it different. Number four, compassion. As Christians, we are called to love our neighbors as ourselves and show compassion to those who are suffering. So when we're developing and using artificial intelligence, we should consider it how we can use it to promote human flourishing and and alleviate suffering. How can we utilize AI to make the things or to build the things or the websites or the opportunities to promote human flourishing and get rid of suffering. And number five is humility. Like we should approach the development and the use of artificial intelligence with humility, recognizing that our knowledge and understanding is limited and we cannot fully appreciate, anticipate all of the ethical implications in the use of AI. That means it's ongoing dialogue, ongoing reflection, and a willingness to listen to diverse perspectives and feedback and then apply it. Listen, AI is here, AR is here. We can fight about it, or we can ensure that Jesus is the driving force behind it. Human dignity, justice, accountability, compassion and humility. Keeping this in mind, we can use AI in ways that are consistent with the Christian love ethic that promotes human flourishing to all people in God's creation. I've said this before. Jesus is not surprised by this, so let's lean into his knowledge. The future is a memory to God. So I've read the end of the story. It's gonna be okay. Let's say our affirmations together. Repeat after me. Say, I am me. I can be me. No one's gonna stop me from being me. Have an amazing Monday. You were made for this. Own your Mondays, because Mondays don't own you. Have an amazing day.