We’ll be having to look at this over a period of months and years because this evolving technology is clearly something that poses a definitional threat to humanity. Definitional, because we’re using the word intelligence and using the word intelligence invokes humanity. But this isn’t human, this is artificial, thus artificial intelligence.
Albert Mohler
President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; host of The Briefing
On the November 2, 2023 edition of his daily program The Briefing, Albert Mohler said that the evolving technology of artificial intelligence poses a definitional threat to humanity, because the word intelligence invokes humanity and this intelligence is not human.
President, The Southern Baptist Theological SeminaryNovember 2, 2023The Briefing
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In other words, it’s not pretty. Now we can understand that the president needed to put out some kind of guidelines because the biggest issue of our day in terms of technology right now is the emergence of artificial intelligence. We’ll be having to look at this over a period of months and years because this evolving technology is clearly something that poses a definitional threat to humanity. Definitional, because we’re using the word intelligence and using the word intelligence invokes humanity. But this isn’t human, this is artificial, thus artificial intelligence. Now, before we go any further, let me just say that as Christians, we understand that human beings being made in the image of God are unique.
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- ‘Definitional threat’ is immediately explained through the human-versus-artificial intelligence distinction; it should not be represented as a claim of physical human extinction.
- The official transcript page links an MP3, but the media asset was not opened and no timestamp was established.
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