In addition to the work of its ongoing operating teams of Contributing Fellows, AI and Faith seeks to interject faith-oriented values into the ethics debate on AI-powered technologies through one-off projects. These projects often are staffed by a combination of Research Fellows, Contributing Fellows, Advisors and representatives of our Partners. Our current Projects include the following:
To identify and partner with religious organizations, AI institutes, influential faith and business leaders, media and educational platforms, curriculum developers, the Partnership on AI, and religious technology organizations to share our work and collectively leverage it for wider, deeper and more effective influence AI creation, policy, and practice across business, government, and society.
Thomas Arnold, Harris Bor, David Brenner, Yaqub Chaudhary, Nathan Colaner, Salah Dandan, Barry Dynkin, Ben Dynkin, Dan Forbush, David Goecke, Mark Graves, Dave Hackett, Lew McMurran, Thomas Osborn, Michael Paulus, Anna Puzio, Ron Roth and Trish Shaw.
AI and Faith Brings Diversity of Expertise to Partnership on AI
Gloo Releases AI & the Church Hub To Connect AI and Faith Leaders
Seek to reduce risk and enhance benefit from rapidly emerging faith-oriented ministry and missional applications by creating achievable ethics standards grounded in religious principles and an audit and certification process modeled on the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, and launching an independent, consortium-based nonprofit to operate it.
David Brenner, Adam Graber, Mark Graves, Quintin McGrath, Thomas Osborn, Marcus Schwarting and Trish Shaw.
October 1, 2023 through 2026
To explore theological insights, opportunities for engagement, and wise faith uptake and development of generative AI and other AI technologies and applications with sacred texts, teaching, gathering in community, and personal faith practice.
Thomas Arnold, Ali-Reza Bhojani, Shanen Boettcher, Kutter Callaway, Yaqub Chaudhary, Daren Erisman, Douglas Estes, Adam Graber, Mark Graves, Noreen Herzfeld, Don Howard, David Zvi Kalman, Jeremy Kirschbaum, Mois Navon, Joanna Ng, Thomas Osborn, Ted Peters and Marcus Schwarting.
May 1, 2023 – indefinite
Truth and Regret: Large Language Models, the Quran, and Misinformation
Robot ‘Church Fathers’ Might Curate New Canons
A Technical Introduction to Large Language Models
Scripture and Science: Our Universe, Ourselves, Our Place
Introducing MidrashBot – an Experimental Faith Bot from AI&F’s Generative AI Project
To Christians Developing LLM Applications: A Warning, and Some Suggestions
Help tech creators develop faith-oriented personal ethics for AI and engage with the broader AI ethics discussion working with partners and programs in the faith and work community such as Faith Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Nicoleta Acatrinei, Tricia Griffin, Suzette Messa, Marsie Sweetland (Equinix) and Richard Zhang (Google).
May 2021 – indefinite
AI and Faith is a pluralist organization seeking to engage the world in the moral and ethical issues around artificial intelligence.
