Random thought on skills needed in the age of AI

My Dad (born 1912) used to complain that the use of calculators had produced a generation of working teenagers who had no sense of whether or not the results were reasonable. It seems to me that we are facing a larger version of the problem with the new generative AI toys - ChatGPT, Co-pilot, Gemini, Perplexity ... Which means that we need to add an additional goal to studying scripture - how to recognize when your tools provide inaccurate or highly biased results.

Unfortunately, I'm too apt to go to methods that are heavy on logic and tools rather than pragmatic solutions that people will actually use -- I'm thinking primarily of high-school and college students who are apt to be using the technology. Have any of you considered what changes to make in your young adult groups or faith formation/sacramental preparation for this age group?

Any Logos resources that provide technology-proof teaching methods or BS-recognition tools?

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DMB

Sorry ... I seem to end up parallel to you. Never crossing?!

As much as I can see the summarizings that Mark is so enthused with (understandably), I just can't see it as a tool for ?? Zipping thru sources? It's like those little yellow and black books back in the college bookstore ... summaries for what? If you didn't read the author, what was the point?

Most of my long years of so-called AI, has been at a very low level. Trying to detect, as the author proceeded, idea by idea, with his (usually) sentences as clay. And watching, as he wove his logic.

Logos and logical argument? Mapping out dependencies? It'd sure be refreshing.

Mike Childs

My Dad (born 1912) used to complain that the use of calculators had produced a generation of working teenagers who had no sense of whether or not the results were reasonable. It seems to me that we are facing a larger version of the problem with the new generative AI toys - ChatGPT, Co-pilot, Gemini, Perplexity ... Which means that we need to add an additional goal to studying scripture - how to recognize when your tools provide inaccurate or highly biased results.

Unfortunately, I'm too apt to go to methods that are heavy on logic and tools rather than pragmatic solutions that people will actually use -- I'm thinking primarily of high-school and college students who are apt to be using the technology. Have any of you considered what changes to make in your young adult groups or faith formation/sacramental preparation for this age group?

Any Logos resources that provide technology-proof teaching methods or BS-recognition tools?

It is quite a problem. Perhaps there will be no need for College English courses as AI can write papers for the students. I have no interest in AI. I prefer real intelligence to artificial intelligence.

Will we need a "Calvinist AI" and an "Arminian AI"? Perhaps there could be an "Evangelical AI" and a "Progressive AI"? Glad this trend is coming at the end of my career, and not the beginning.

ds. P.J. Kotze

Ask these kinds of questions in Smart Search and take note of the guidance AI gives on this issue. I'm impressed by the answers that AI gave to these questions. I suppose that some young adults can use your question as a research topic to receive the next Nobel prize.

Questions

1. How can we evaluate the accuracy and potential bias in AI-generated summaries of biblical texts, such as Genesis 1, and what are the key indicators of flawed interpretations?

2. What methods can young adults use to cross-check AI outputs when studying the Bible, ensuring that interpretations of Genesis 1 align with traditional theological views and sound exegesis?

3. In light of the increasing use of generative AI tools, how can educators and faith leaders guide students to discern whether AI-generated insights on Genesis 1 are faithful to the text’s historical and theological context?

4. What are some practical steps young adults can take to cultivate a “sense check” for AI-generated content, particularly when studying foundational biblical texts like Genesis 1?

5. How can we teach young adults to balance reliance on AI with personal study and prayerful reflection when engaging with scripture, ensuring that AI is a tool and not a theological authority?

Depending on your Library you will get different answers.

xnman

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1314584#Comment_1314584

There is the underlying real problem... If we do not know God's word, how will we know A.I. is giving us good or bad information?

The issue as I see it is simple....If we know God's word... then A.I. doesn't matter other than helping to find what we know in God's word.

That, to me anyway, is a much to simplistic answer to an approaching problem, if we do not know God's word. [8-|]

Ralph Wood

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1314589#Comment_1314589

There is the underlying real problem... If we do not know God's word, how will we know A.I. is giving us good or bad information?

The issue as I see it is simple....If we know God's word... then A.I. doesn't matter other than helping to find what we know in God's word.

That, to me anyway, is a much to simplistic answer to an approaching problem, if we do not know God's word.

Absolutely no argument with ”we need to know God’s word“, but can’t that be said of commentaries also? One of my favorite commentators through the years has been William Barclay but I don’t buy in to all of his writings relating to the Virgin birth. I have enthusiastically embraced AI both inside Logos and out... but continue to use my own brain and the leading of the Holy Spirit. I also sometimes ask the AI engine to list their sources and have been satisfied with where they get their data. I’m sure these same sort of conversations would have been happening if message boards had been around when the first non-King James translations and the first commentaries came on the scene.

GaoLu

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1314589#Comment_1314589

Makes me think of the angel and my granddaughter a few days ago.

I used AI to create a lovely image of an angel holding a little girl. The rendering was beautiful, touching, evocative. For once, AI seemed to have produced a flawless image. Then my grand daughter looked up at me, "Grandpa, why does the angel have three feet?"

Indeed! The angel had three feet. I was quite pleased that she had noticed. Her AI error detector was working!

The I discovered another tiny error, one my granddaughter had missed: one of the angel's feet had four toes.

But then, who is to say that an angel can't have three feet and one of them with four toes?

Preaching in modern churches is about to get creative.

Therefore, watch.

Jeff Rodrigues

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1314584#Comment_1314584

It is quite a problem. Perhaps there will be no need for College English courses as AI can write papers for the students. I have no interest in AI. I prefer real intelligence to artificial intelligence.

In my case, my biggest concern with A.I. in the area of sermon and small group study prep is that it would cause me to get lazy in my prep. Logos software has been wonderful for me when it comes to streamlining my resources to make my prep more efficient, but I don't want to rely on anything A.I. related to cause my prep to become lazy, and I especially don't want to have to wean myself off of it later on.