AI Policy

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Usage
  • Obey God’s moral law
  • Respect human dignity
  • Assist vocational living
• Terminology

Overview

Artificial intelligence (as used colloquially) refers to machine learning that emulates human-like behavior by using statistical models to process data, find patterns, and make decisions.

AI recognizes patterns in data and uses these to make predictions. It relies strictly on the data it analyzes rather than understanding context like a human.

AI does not have understanding. “God created man in his own image” (Gen 1:27) which gave him both understanding and creativity.

AI does not have a soul. Only humans have been granted a soul and are morally responsible before God.

AI powerful. As a result, it must be treated with caution and used wisely.

Usage

All technology should be used to glorify God, whether it is a printing press, calculator, or computer.

Our usage of AI should achieve these goals:

• Obey God’s moral law
• Respect human dignity
• Assist vocational living

Obey God’s moral law

No matter what tool we employ, we must obey God’s moral law (Luke 10:27, Deut 5:7-21, Matt 5). A few applications include:

• Do not let AI interpret the Bible.
• Do not use AI to generate images of God.
• Do not use AI to tell lies.

Respect human dignity

AI usage should respect human dignity. For example:

• Do not use AI to replace human relationships.
• Do not use AI to generate inappropriate images of your neighbor.
• Do not rely on AI to provide spiritual guidance.

Assist vocational living

AI usage should always assist you in your vocations; it should never cause you to avoid your vocation.

• Teachers, use AI to automate mundane tasks, provide inspiration, or proofread your class materials. Do not let it pick a curriculum, give a final grade, or communicate with students on your behalf.
• Parents, use AI to fill in gaps in your own knowledge. Do not let it steer your child’s education or replace your own interaction with your child.
• Students, use AI to explain difficult topics or provide practice problems. Do not let it complete the work that you have been assigned.

There is a great temptation to offload the work God has given us to do (teach, parent, learn), but we must resist this temptation. Remember that AI is a powerful tool, not a get-out-of-struggle-free card.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.

Be prayerful in your use of AI. Let the Holy Spirit guide you, as this is a matter of the conscience. Remember that God has provided both the labor and the tools to accomplish it.

So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for that is his lot.

Terminology

• Machine learning: Teaching computers to find patterns in data and improve over time, rather than following fixed instructions.
• Model: The output of machine learning — a program trained on data that makes predictions or decisions based on patterns it learned.
• Neural network: A machine learning model loosely inspired by the brain, built from layers of connected “neurons” that recognize complex patterns.
• Large-language model (LLM): A neural network trained on massive text datasets to generate and interpret language (e.g., GPT).
• GPT & ChatGPT: GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is OpenAI’s LLM architecture; ChatGPT is its conversational product. “ChatGPT” is often used generically for any AI chatbot, similar to “Google” for web search.