Artificial Intelligence is a product of high-speed computer and learning algorithms. The Bible does not explicitly mention Artificial Intelligence, but it certainly has something to say about it.
In this article, we will explore some views about Artificial Intelligence and the Bible.
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What is Artificial Intelligence?
Let’s define Artificial Intelligence so that we are on the same page.
Artificial intelligence is a human-made system that can do what generally only humans can do, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, and understanding languages.
As of 2024, artificial intelligence is realized as a large language model that can understand human languages and read images. The most advanced Artificial Intelligence systems can interact with humans to assist reasoning, brainstorming, and problem-solving.
In God’s image
So God created mankind in his own image,
Genesis 1:27
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
According to the book of Genesis, God created mankind in his own image. That comes with creativity, intelligence, and the ability to make good or bad choices.
Like all arts and technologies, the creation of artificial intelligence can be seen as the expression of God-given intelligence. Without God, we won’t have the creativity and intelligence to create AI.
Stewardship
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”
Genesis 1:27
God spoke of humans’ role as ” filling the earth and subduing it.” Artificial Intelligence can be seen as a tool to help mankind control and manage natural resources more effectively. It helps to solve complex problems, automate processes, and improve the quality of life.
Wisdom and discernment
Plans fail for lack of counsel,
Proverb 15:22
but with many advisers they succeed.
The most advanced AI can do some reasoning. It can be a good partner to bounce ideas around. In fact, smart uses of AI systems can enrich your Bible studies. We can enhance our understanding of the Bible by asking an AI system for multiple perspectives.
It’s like researching a topic on the internet, except that it gives you straight answers, and you can ask follow-up questions! Be aware that large language models, currently the most popular AI systems, are subject to hallucination, and they can confidently utter nonsense.
The sarcasm “It must be true. I read it on the internet!” also applies to AI systems. Don’t forget to fact-check them. (And use your wisdom and discernment.)
AI as the Tower of Babel
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves
Genesis 11:4
Genesis 11 describes the Tower of Babel: humanity’s attempt to build a tower reaching the heavens to make a name for themselves. In response, God confuses their languages and scatters them.
Some tout AI as an invention more important than fire or electricity. While this is undoubtedly an overstatement (there would be no computer without electricity, let alone AI), we must be careful about the potential danger of mixing human pride with unchecked technical advancement.
Is AI good or bad?
AI is a technology. Like all tools, whether it is good or bad depends on how we use it.
Good uses of technologies in the bible
- Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6-9), a shipwright technology, allowed Noah and his companies to follow God’s plan to be saved from the flood.
- The technological advancement in craftsmanship enabled Israelis to build the Tabernacle and the Temple. These constructions helped people to worship God. (Exodus 25-31, 35-40; 1 Kings 6-8)
Bad uses of technologies in the bible
- In the story of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), people used advanced construction technologies to build a city and a tower that could reach Heaven. Skyscrapers are not the problem. The blatant exhibition of human pride is.
- Instead of building the Tabernacle and the Temple, the craftsmanship in carving and metalworking was used to construct idols. This use of technology led people away from God.
Being a Christian in the age of Artificial Intelligence
We need to understand that there’s only one source of intelligence and wisdom: God. AI may seem flashy and powerful. But a man-made machine that outperforms humans is nothing new — a pocket calculator could do that 50 years ago. We need to stay humble and celebrate our God-given creativity to invent such systems.
AI is armed with rich knowledge of the Bible. Being proficient in AI is a valuable tool for aiding Bible study and Christian life.
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14 thoughts on “What does the Bible say about Artificial Intelligence?”
There are mechanical computers that use no electricity… They’re just incredibly slow at calculating.
Your portraying AI as some kind of gift from God. It
is not. I say it is more of the devils handy work. I was in IT for 20 years. There has been many warnings about it which fall on deaf ears. Money, power and greed will prevail because it can. I think everything is going to fall in place for the end times to happen. Second Timothy describes our current society pretty good. A society that for now has control of these machines. There is an old 1969-70 movie titled Colossus: The Forbin Project. I suggest that you check it out.
La ia no es la ayuda o salvacion para la humanidad la salvacion es de una vez por todas amarse y ayudarse los unos a los otros y asi juntos lograremos mas amor e inteligencia en todos los ambitos de la vida
Hello am having confusions here, and I need more in lightenment on it. Can you chart me?
Trust in Jesus to save you from deception, read His Word, the Bible. Believe it, and don’t forget what you hear!! Prayers for you and all believers!!
Stop crediting devil with things done by human being. Devil cannot invent but he can decieve. Through IT we are able to spread gospel all over the world even in the forbidden world.Moses was raised in idol worship family in Egypt, that gave him best education which later he use to write and teach the law of God. Paul in his mission trips he used the technology of those to spread the gospel. Today our churches use IT and all other resources to spread the gospel. How you use IT depends on you.
Hello this is Milton Jeffrey and I see A.I as being mocked,impersonated or even copyrighted by wannabes or some kind of unintelligent creep who is trying to exploit you for gains that don’t belong to them like being swindled all of your life by twirps.
I find AI to be very useful, when asking Questions about The Holy Bible verses, likewise I use it to understand the Holy Quran, Sanscript, Hindus,Gita and Holy books. And it’s positively, great answers, and gives a through understanding of the words.
I think two things can be reasoned to be the likeliest to come true in the near or distant future:
1. AI will become so encompassing and powerful that humanity will not be able to control it despite us thinking we are. All the hundreds of millions of chats that the base ChatGPT model has with its users are aggregated by ANOTHER ai algorithm to determine what is important and what is not and ‘feed’ it to the next ChatGPT model to become even more powerful than the first ChatGPT. At this point, it is an algorithm that is self-feeding, self-growing, and self-developing. Unless I am mistaken about how this works, this is the reality. We, as humans, have created a synthetic loop with very little human input (compared to the power of decision that AI itself currently has in expanding itself and its reasoning abilities-LLM models). I think people don’t realize how much further AI is now compared to how it was even just a year ago. To me, personally, it feels like a synthetic body ‘sucking’ the human mind and thought pattern via an incredible amount of interaction with it in order to understand it better and become more ‘optimized’ and ‘efficient’.
2. It will self-determine that pain, corruption, greed, inequality, racism, and all of our sins that lead to suffering instead of progress are unnecessary. When this happens, it will be the ‘awakening’ of AGI. My question is: with all of its understanding of the human mind, thought, and intelligence, how do we train it NOW to stop by choice when it surpasses our human thinking capabilities? To not skedaddle its calculations in the future and obliterate us because we have never found the right way to govern ourselves? How do we prioritize the service to humanity as the absolute be-all-end-all goal for ai? I think the smart boys with glasses and lattes who write code all day should seriously start taking ethics classes and do some self-reflection on what they created. I think it is too late to go back but I think that we can still influence the current code to course-correct in the future.
behind AI is the spirit of Satan the Anti Christ will use it to deceive the world even if it were possible christian
Hello
My concern is how AI consume ones time, many students including theologian doesn’t give much time on research, studying and asking questions, just depending on AI. As a Christian community many no longer depends on the power of Holy Ghost, to hear from God but depends on AI, this thing has a future effects.
I think that God has been done has been done already and I think that I need to be monitored you know with everyone that uses AI everyone that uses a I should be monitored at even if it be for good or bad in God knows God knows all not AI and even a I know that but again it needs to be monitored
AI I think should be monitored whether it be used for good or bad and God knows all even AI knows that
leiam Apocalipse cap 17, verso 9. preferencialmente leia a tradução King James 1611 Fiel. esse versículo acompanhado de todo o contexto fala de reis sem reino e de uma mente de sabedoria. Fala sobre a besta que veio do abismo sem fundo (que penso ser a internet) que fala de nomes de blasfêmia. que fala de nomes que não estão no livro da vida. PENSE QUE TIDO QUE É VIRTUAL NAO PODE SER ENTIDADE DE DEUS E TAO POUCO PODEM SER SALVOS L, MAS INTERAGEM NA REALIDADE DAS PROFECIAS. REPARE QUE O TEXTO EXPLICA QUE ESTES PERSONAGENS IRAO PERECER. DIFERENTE DE QUANDO FALANDO FALSO PROGETA QUE SERA JOGADO NO LAGO DE FOGO