Helping Students Think Biblically About AI | Chuck Bumgardner | Ep. 178

About this episode

Chuck Bumgardner discusses how to help students think biblically about artificial intelligence in education.

“One of the biggest challenges we’re going to face is a relational one, where students are substituting interaction with AI for personal interaction with people.” - Chuck Bumgardner AI is here. The question is not whether students will encounter it, but how we will help them think about it biblically. In this episode, Jenny Copeland sits down with Chuck Bumgardner, Biblical Worldview Specialist at BJU Press, to talk about the brand-new Be CyberSmart AI lessons and why Christian educators cannot afford to stay silent on artificial intelligence. Schools are still all over the board when it comes to AI. Some are banning it, some are embracing it, and many are simply trying to figure out what faithfulness and wisdom look like in the middle of a rapidly changing technology landscape. In this conversation, Chuck helps bring clarity to that challenge by showing how a biblical worldview gives us a framework for thinking about AI, technology, learning, relationships, and spiritual formation. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why Christian schools need to talk openly and intentionally about AI How a biblical worldview shapes the way we think about technology Why AI is not as morally neutral as…

People in this episode

Host: Jenny Copeland

Guest: Chuck Bumgardner

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• biblical worldview
• Christian education
• technology and learning
• student relationships
• spiritual formation

Keywords

• AI
• Christian schools
• technology
• spiritual risks
• learning support
• discipleship
• Be CyberSmart AI lessons

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Organizations: BJU Press

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