Is artificial intelligence (AI) ethical? It is a problem that secular leaders and Christian leaders are fighting as the technology evolves rapidly.
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Andre Echevarria, the leader of the US digital strategy of CRU, a large -scale Christian Ministry, which was previously known as the Campus Crusade for Christ, is among those who are fighting with AI.
He believes that it is a tool that can be used to spread the gospel, rather than avoiding rapid growing skills. Echevarria provided an interesting reaction when asked if AI was moral.
“Instead of discussing that part, you will say,” Can you reimburse it for the glory of God? ” “And that’s what we’re actually doing here. We use many of that technology to find out relationships with Jesus, deepen relationships with Jesus, and with neighbors. You can help share your relationship with Jesus.
He said that ethics in question depended on truly important factors. It is a way for people to use AI. See the explanation of Echevarria:
Already, Echevarria has seen the advantages of using social media and technology like AI. He shared his recent textbooks received from an individual who always felt like an exile. The text is read as follows:
“I have never grew up in a true roll model in my life. I have never been raised religiously. My story begins after 2020. I am the maximum through COVID. I tried to use it, but at the end of the high school, I felt very isolated. I decided to try it out on my “for you” page on my social media. Eventually, I listen to the Bible every day and want to know more about God. “
Reflecting this text message, Echevarria stated that this story provides a great example of how to help CRU use AI and other tools in virtual space and online space to bring people close to God. 。
“So, let’s say that you have a specific characteristic, as you like to have a specific brand or specific type of posts.” “So, we can use AI to find more people like her, and then put our offer and desired message in front of them. Therefore, advertising platforms. You can find more people who can actually share the gospel using AI.
Echevarria stated that they use technologies that are equipped with people, equipped with people based on specific “aptitude”, and to help them share their religions with their neighbors.
“And whether the resource is a specific language or a specific context … we can actually provide you,” he said. “So, we can use AI in such many different spaces to make it possible to contain many of them.”
Echevarria completely recognizes the criticism and worries surrounding AI, but warns what will happen if the Christian decides to completely release or ignore it.
“We just lose opportunities,” he said. “We need to take every opportunity and share … the eternal hope we have. And we just miss the opportunity.”
He is trying to encourage people to see AI as an “advanced intern.” This is a useful tool that helps to make tasks easier, and does not completely overtake people’s processes.
“In order, do you clearly run (intern) radio programs every day?” He said. “You will have them do some research, some topics, ideas, and some things that can be fine -tuned for the efforts and results you want in the show.”
Echevarria stated that this is how CRU uses AI. We support document analysis, exploration of analysis, and even translation.
“I’ve seen a really wonderful fruit from there,” he said. “We see many people engaged in materials.”
With all of these in mind, Echevarria emphasized the importance of installing Guardrails so that AI is under control and does not take over each process. This is a very intentional thing that CRU is, and Echevarria has never been a moment to use completely automated virtual content.
“AI has no story,” he said. “We have a story, and God keeps writing the story.”
The use of CRU’s AI brings an example of a “mental journey is taking multiple steps”, and provides an opportunity to help the staff more attract the staff to understand the gospel. I will do it.
Regarding future applications, Echevarria said that customization would continue to be fine -tuned and to reach various cultures and contexts.
However, one of the major areas that AI may become more indispensable lies in the translation area.
“Regardless of whether you translate books and resources, you can translate them into 60, 70, and 80 languages in a few months, not in a few months or a few years. It is an advantage, “he said.
CRU currently uses AI to translate the Bible, but uses technology to translate the gospel presentation. He personally used tools for such conversations and called it “accelerator.”
In the case of a small ministries team, Echevarria also pointed out copy editing, graphic design, and other tasks, and AI would generate a very necessary content for teams without resources to create in these fields. He pointed out that it would be useful.
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