Insights
Click/Clicking and Snip/Snipping for Faith Mission and Ministry
Artificial intelligence rightly generates both fear and hope, or to put it less emotionally, risk and opportunity. I expect that most if not all of us at AI and Faith believe that AI is only a tool, not a new framework for life and understanding. Like all tools, AI...
No Really, Ask Me Anything – How Machines May Be Able to Help us Learn about Faith
I am researching the ethics of artificial intelligence. This requires understanding the power and meaning of AI-based technologies in everyday life. AI algorithms have the power to create groups, select and prioritize the delivery of information and make a wide...
Empowering faith communities with AI translation tools
I created spf.io, an AI-powered translation tool, for two reasons. The first was my grandma. My family left a church over some serious divisions and were searching for a new one. It was especially challenging to find one my grandma could belong to because of her...
Forecast for AI&F in our Third Year: Feeling SAFE!
Hospitals are flooded with pandemic patients amidst a slow vaccine rollout, a motley crew of rioters invades the Capitol, the Russians deeply hack federal agencies and major corporations. A hard start to 2021 – we just want to be safe! That’s true for AI&F, too,...
Three Books for Three Questions
I check out quite a few books from public and university libraries. Often I have to reserve and wait for popular titles or books on popular subjects. I love it when, without a particular plan, books I have reserved show up at the same time and end up complementing...
The Pivot Projects: The Work and the Movement
The email from Colin Harrison, one of the three leads on the Pivot Projects, came on April 4, 2020. Colin is a long-time friend and IBM Distinguished Engineer (retired, albeit in name only). The opening words read: “Dear Debbie: I hope this finds you and Richard in...