My friend David Shropshire, one of the godliest, Spirit-filled men I know, wrote a provocative comment about Artificial Intelligence (AI) from my blog that included a comment about AI music artists:

I hate to admit this, but recently my college-freshman, godly, grandson recently asked me what to do in a situation. I prayerfully thought what would be the wise thing, and offered some things to consider. Just before hanging up, I suggested he ask AI.  The second I hung up the phone, I realized the foolishness of my suggestion.  I told him later I was wrong, and that I should have told him to ask the  Holy Spirit what He wants him to know and what He wants him to do.

When I wrote David to say I used AI for book and article summaries or to “write a short bio,” he responded with:

I use AI daily and appreciate the time it saves, especially for things like writing code for MS Word macros, and asking it questions I asked Google in the past.

So what are we learning? AI, like any tool, can be useful. We just have to know what to use it for.

He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it. Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!” And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”…No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?” (Isaiah 44.14 – 17, 19, ESV)

Shall I ask advice from 1s and 0s?