What should the church be saying about the increasing fascination with Artificial Intelligence? What’s helpful? What’s harmful? How might the church find itself at the forefront of hopeful conversations amidst a cultural clamor toward AI? What about the ecological, moral, and ethical ramifications? Listen in to episode 57 and peer under the lid!

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Research:

“MIT Report: 95% of Generative AI Pilots at Companies Are Failing.” Fortune, n.d. https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/

“32 Times Artificial Intelligence Got It Catastrophically Wrong.” Live Science, 16 June 2024. https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/32-times-artificial-intelligence-got-it-catastrophically-wrong

“A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled.” The New York Times, 16 February 2023, § Technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-microsoft-chatgpt.html

“Unpacking How Elon Musk’s xAI Supercomputer Project in Memphis Unfolded over the Past Year.” USA TODAY, n.d. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/development/2025/06/05/elon-musk-xai-supercomputer-grok-memphis-tn/83599473007/

“Data Centers for AI Use Huge Amounts of Electricity, Water, Driving up Costs and Climate Concerns - CBS Chicago,” 13 February 2026. https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/data-centers-for-ai-electricity-water-climate-health/

“‘How Come I Can’t Breathe?’: Musk’s Data Company Draws a Backlash in Memphis.” POLITICO, 6 May 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582

“How Indianapolis Residents Beat Google’s $1 Billion Data Center Proposal.” PPC Land, 12 October 2025. https://ppc.land/how-indianapolis-residents-beat-googles-1-billion-data-center-proposal/

“Increased AI Use Linked to Eroding Critical Thinking Skills,” n.d. https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ai-linked-eroding-critical-skills.html#google_vignette

“Deepfakes Are Entering U.S. Courtrooms—Judges Say They’re ‘Not Ready,’” n.d. https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/12/08/deepfakes-are-entering-us-courtrooms-judges-say-theyre-not-ready/

“Kenyan Workers with AI Jobs Thought They Had Tickets to the Future until the Grim Reality Set in - CBS News,” 24 November 2024. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-work-kenya-exploitation-60-minutes/

“Tech Companies Are Stealing Our Books, Music and Films for AI. It’s Brazen Theft and Must Be Stopped | Anna Funder and Julia Powles | The Guardian,” n.d. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/10/tech-companies-are-stealing-our-books-music-and-films-for-ai-its-brazen-theft-and-must-be-stopped

“To Land Meta Massive Data Center, Louisiana Pulled out All the Stops,” n.d. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/meta-massive-data-center-louisiana-cost-jobs-energy-use.html

“World Enters Era of ‘Global Water Bankruptcy’ | UN News,” n.d. https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/01/1166800

“Man Lets AI Rent His Body.” Futurism, 14 February 2026. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-rent-human

“ChatGPT Promised to Help Her Find Her Soulmate. Then It Betrayed Her.” NPR, 14 February 2026, § Technology. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/14/nx-s1-5711441/ai-chatgpt-openai-love-betrayal-delusion-chatbot

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