I'm not saying that AI, computers, or even certain limited forms of AGI robots will be animals.

I'm suggesting that we think of them in that biblical and ethical category.

I suggest we think of them as super smart beasts, perhaps even beasts that are smarter and more powerful than us in some respects.

But this has actually been the assignment from the beginning.

Introduction. It's always great to have C. Wiley on CrossPolitic, and last Thursday was no exception,

talking J.D. Vance and the new Trump administration vibe shift,

but ultimately landing on the topic of artificial intelligence and a new book Chris Wiley is currently working on.

Chris helpfully sketched the current lay of the land, and he has clearly read a whole lot more

than I have in the field.

Broadly speaking, we are currently at the point of what many refer to as narrow AI, where

supercomputers can run complex algorithms, sifting, sorting, and analyzing data, but limited to particular applications.

Examples would include learning and playing chess, self-driving cars, and Siri or Alexa assistants.

The potential blessings of these tools are immense.

AI analysis of medical knowledge is already producing breakthroughs and advanced diagnoses and treatments.

AI language analysis and translation tools are likely to finish Bible translation in every known language in the next decade or so.

World evangelism will also become even more feasible and potent when AI translation assistance

can be used in villages where languages are spoken that virtually no one knows.

The major question.

The major question for many, and goal for some, is whether artificial general intelligence,

a GI, is possible, and what Christians should think about it.

This is where computer intelligence may autonomously shift between tasks.

It wasn't directly assigned.

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