Episode 33
How Do We Prepare for AI's Future? - Part Two
About this episode
In this episode, Luke and Adam share highlights from conversations they had with four ministry leaders following Adam's sermon on AI. Featuring insights from Pastor Wes Via, Pastor Russ Willcocks, Pastor Jëan Ross, and Craige Young, they explore some central issues surrounding the AI dilemma. You’ll be empowered to use your creative energies in a new way after listening to this episode!
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Welcome back, and how the AI series has unfolded so far
00:01:00 Adam's takeaways from ASI and a season of interviews
00:02:00 Luke's hypothesis: education is the foundation
00:03:00 Clip 1: Pastor Wes Via on preparing for an unknown future
00:07:00 Reframing AI from myth to tool
00:07:30 Clip 2: Pastor Russ Willcocks on the how versus the why of ministry
00:09:00 Why ministry itself can never be outsourced
00:10:00 Clip 3: Pastor Jëan Ross on AI as a resource for the gospel
00:13:00 What Blue Vineyard is building with Amazing Facts
00:16:00 Clip 4: Craige Young on the knife and water principle
00:20:00 Democratized technology and what it means for jobs
00:25:00 A teaser for what's coming next in the series
FEATURED VOICES
🔗 Pastor Wes Via — https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-via
🔗 Pastor Russ Willcocks — https://www.linkedin.com/in/russ-willcocks-13126640
🔗 Pastor Jëan Ross
🔗 Craige Young — https://www.linkedin.com/in/ucyinc
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Transcript
you're going to be able to preach the gospel
to every group of people on the planet. Well,
now we see it's very possible and we can do it
in a very short period of time because of social
media, the internet. So the words of Christ are
being fulfilled even now. Hey everybody, welcome
back to the Blue Vineyard Podcast. My name's
Luke and I'm here with Adam. Hi Adam, how's things?
Hey, Luke. It's great to see your lovely face
once again. Thank you kindly. Thank you kindly.
Adam, last time we were together, we were talking
about Christianity in the age of AI and you had
a sermon coming up and we both said that we were
going to go our separate ways and we were going
to interview some people, get some context around
it. How was your experience? I did, I had a sermon
and I am so thankful, the word that jumps in
my head. I'm thankful that we started this series
because I've had a chance to interview some incredible
people along the way, which has helped with my
thinking and my processing on this. I also went
to a conference, maybe some might know it called
ASI. And during that conference, I had so many
conversations about AI and Christianity and how
people are thinking about it, they're scared
of it, they're excited for it. Before we jump
into some of these interviews, because we're
going to get to those, I would love to hear kind
of your hypothesis. What are some of the things
that you're thinking about specifically on our
title today, our title, which is, How do we prepare
the church for AI's future? How are you thinking
about that? Well, in the conversations that I
had, everything in my mind distills down to a
single point, and that is education. Whenever
you're dealing with humans and it's a new technology,
education is always going to be foundational
because the people that understand the technology
and can use it well, they're going to have better
outcomes. But not only that, they're also going