What are the Ethical considerations in using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology within the Church? We ignore it at our peril, for it is quickly changing the world. AI has incredible potential to serve and enhance our ministries. However, it needs to be used within the ethical and moral boundaries of the faith. To unleash it upon our Church Communities without any ethical constraints would be like turning loose a raging bull in the sanctuary. The result would be lots of damage to the pews! So we need to apply Christian Ethics to our use of AI. 

Some (but not all) of the considerations include:

• Questions about control – who can stop the AI when it goes beyond the limits?
• Value of human life – how do we ensure that AI generated content has a positive and not negative impact on people, providing respect and encouragement?
• Outthinking – how do we ensure that the AI doesn’t outthink us, setting traps that we then stumble into that demean others and cause trouble?

The Church needs to be a strong advocate for the responsible use of all technology, especially AI. Let’s use it to change the world for the Gospel!