Program Director for The Keller Center. Founder of AI Christian Benchmark. Do Not Hallucinate Substack. Author of The Great Dechurching.
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The internal conversation on AI and Christianity is in danger of getting stuck. To avoid this we need to zoom out and reframe the conversation by establishing some basic foundational theology.
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I think our technological future will have both dystopian and utopian elements to it simultaneously. This makes it hard to talk calmly and rationally about the subject when opinions run hot.
This week's piece focuses on the question I get privately the most - "how concerned should I be about AI (tail) risks?"
Very few like to talk about this question publicly because there can be a taboo about evaluating what has historically only been explored in science fiction. Most of the scenarios I have the greatest concerns about deal with human cognition and literacy in an era where I think people read and write less. However, I will cover the sci-fi stuff too.
Link in comments:
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Writing involves reading.
Writing involves real-world experiences.
Writing involves thinking.
Writing involves writing.
Writing involves a social contract between the writer and the reader.
Prompting isn't writing.
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I’d like my tombstone to read something besides, “Mr. Cooper killed Mike with the kitchen knife in the master bedroom.”
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"Because the AI infrastructure ecosystem is incredibly highly correlated any failures in execution could have very significant economic fallout and then be followed by cultural, policy, and geopolitical implications."
(link below)
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I wish I didn’t need a new lexicon of niche words to describe strange and awkward new emotions or scenarios from this AI-era.
So, I need to coin another new term:
Aignosis.
Definition and link below...
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I am officially coining the term “slop-scanning.”
Slop-scanning is defined as the ongoing cognitive tax of having to perpetually ask yourself, “is this AI-generated?”
(link in comments)
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"Broadly speaking, the invisible hand of the market will force a significant shift in human capital away from specialists towards generalists." (link below)
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New short article today on "The Depreciation of Knowledge and the Appreciation of Wisdom" (link below)
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This 7 episode limited edition podcast season from Chris Watkin and The Keller Center is one of those things you will want to actually subscribe and listen to (links below):
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I referenced this AI prompt addition at the @TGC Women’s Conference.
Adding this one sentence to your prompt improved theology and ethics scores in the forthcoming 2026 AI Christian Benchmark from unacceptably bad to quite good.
Here’s why it works…
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I created DO NOT HALLUCINATE today...
One more Substack the world probably doesn't need...
It's free and designed to rapidly bring ministry leaders up to speed on that weeks' biggest developments at the intersection of AI and religion:
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Interestingly, data shows that religious individuals currently have some of the highest confidence in AI.
But that trust is fragile.
Imagine the year 2028: a major world religion files a massive class-action bias lawsuit. Currently, the models are at risk.
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Interestingly, data shows that religious individuals currently have some of the highest confidence in AI.
But that trust is fragile. Imagine the year 2028: a major world religion files a massive class-action bias lawsuit.
Currently, the models are at risk.
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Riveting clip of @SquawkCNBC @andrewrsorkin, @BeckyQuick, & hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones (@ptj_official) that recounts dialogue surrounding the intersection of AI, ethics/morality, & the soul.
Of 50 AI model creators present, only 5 believed in the existence of the soul
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These videos are of the highest quality and are very accessible.
Here is @DrSamChan talking about the happiness cultural narrative:
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This entire interview between @WesleyLHuff and @StevenBartlett is worth your time:
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This video on the Progress cultural narrative by @glenscrivener (part of a 7 part video curriculum publishing 2/25) is your must watch for the day:
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With Avatar coming out tomorrow, it’s never a bad time to watch these SNL classics:
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If you are under 30 and want to do well in ANY field moving forward there is one thing you can do that will instantly set you apart from all your peers:
READ BOOKS!
You will instantly be ahead of your peers.
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I see a Ford Model T driving on the road and point it out to my elementary aged kids who reply:
“Wow dad that car is really old, is it from the 80s or something?”
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Here is the trailer for this curriculum:
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In addition to alignment there are big differences between LLMs to the citation preferences programmed into the models as you can see from one very large study conducted recently.
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4 of the 7 LLMs tested had published white papers that were clear on their alignment protocols.
I built flow charts based on those white papers and made every step that involved HUMANS as ORANGE..
Every step that is only COMPUTERS is BLUE.
ALT Claude 4 Sonnet Alignment Flow Chart
ALT Gemini 1.5 Flash Alignment Flow Chart
ALT GPT-4 Alignment Flow Chart
ALT DeepSeek V2 Alignment Flow Chart
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I was stunned to see that the Chinese model DeepSeek R1 (0528 Qwen 3 8B) was the very top model for theological reliability score.
Even more surprising than this was WHY DeepSeek scored highest…
(christianbenchmark.ai)
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In short, two platforms nudged you towards Christianity, two nudged you away from Christianity, and three took a kind of “COEXIST” bumper sticker approach to answering the questions.
(christianbenchmark.ai)
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The adoption of AI (large language models - aka LLMs) to do search has been rapid.
~10% of the world’s population (700m people) use GPT weekly.
Estimates are that LLM based search volume will surpass Google search volume by 2028.
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This is a major project I have been working on for five months that is publishing today that involves three major story lines:
1. Artificial Intelligence
2. USA vs. China
3. Religion
Read the thread for the highest altitude details and link to the MUST READ REPORT:
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Several chapters stood out to me...
In particular I really enjoyed the chapters by Christopher Watkin ("A Biblical Vision"), Derek Rishmawy ("Is Christianity True?"), and Bob Thune ("The Church").
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Today marks the launch of something I am proud of at The Keller Center:
"The Gospel After Christendom"
The book is on cultural apologetics and is intended for anyone from layperson to pastor looking to get a solid introduction to the field.
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If you haven't had a chance to check out this cohort from The Keller Center make sure you do.
Read on in the thread...
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5. Books!
The bookstore is always well curated with the best books from the best Christian publishers & selling them at very great prices better than online retailers.
Every year I am introduced to excellent new books and writers that I wouldn't have otherwise known.
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4. While I love the content the value of being together in person grows for me each conference.
I now have literally dozens of lifelong friends *purely* because I showed up at these conferences over the years.
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1. Today I asked a eight people to describe their conference experience in one word and here’s what those people said:
Rejuvenating (6x)
Encouraging (6x)
Energizing (5x)
Joyful (4x)
Hopeful (3x)
Helpful
Stimulating
Non-anxious
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I just got home from attending #TGC25 conference and I want to share with you a dozen brief reflections on my week.
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Happy book release day to @cbradedwards
This really is one of the few most read books of the year:
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I can’t watch Pitino vs Calipari without thinking of this classic penultimate scene from HEAT:
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Here is what a project management guide looks like.
You will note it is very nuts and bolts, easy to use, and intended to work in most Western contexts:
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Here is what the audit looks like.
It can be done in under 10 minutes at your next board meeting, elder meeting, session, vestry, or whatever you call your leadership team meeting.
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