Bible Verse or ChatGPT
Using AI as a tool...or a Crutch?
The other day as I was flipping through social media, I happened upon a video where two online personalities were challenging themselves by guessing if a statement was a passage of Scripture or a statement written by ChatGPT. You can actually watch the full video HERE if you want to.
I will say the video took me for a loop.
As a self-proclaimed techie, I LOVE the idea of ChatGPT. There are so many practical uses and even some impractical fun things about GPTs. (In case you’re wondering GPT stsands for “Generative Pre-Trained Transformer.” Specifucally, ChatGPT is a type of Artifical Intelligence model used for natural language processing tasks. On the ChatGPT model, you can ask it any question, and it will answer it conversationally. As it has been upgraded, I have even seen videos where it will conversationally tutor students with math problems.
Really fascinating stuff.
However, there are some concerns with GPTs that I think are certainly worth thinking about, watching for, and preparing for. But that’s a topic for another time.
Today’s Substack is specifically about a couple of specific scripture verses that came to my mind when I was watching the video.
John 10: 14; 27-28
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
27 My sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand.
As I was watching the video, it became very apparent to me how easy it is to make things sounds like Scripture even when they aren’t, and you don’t even have to put “thees, thous, and thines,” in.
In a world where there is little-to-no objective truth, we don’t really need AI adding to the confusion. We need men and women who spend time in the Scriptures, studying them, meditating on them, memorizing them, and teaching them to our children and youth. It is becoming increasignly difficult to know what is real and what is not.
The truth is we need to spend time with the Good Shepherd, so we can always distinguish His voice over all others.
Stay Hungry for God, My Friends.
Pastor Bryan
PS, This image below was AI Generated using ChatGPT.
