Is There a Parallel Between Entertainment and Technology?

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I wonder if both entertainment and technology might be more likened to electromagnetic radiation, in that it is actually quite pervasive all around us. Radiation actually bathes us, the sun is bathing us in radiation as we go. And there's something that we draw from it, that actually is good, life giving. We can harness it in very focused technical fashion. But we can also be exposed to it in just unthoughtless unknown ways That actually, like radiation, can deform us, can create mutations in our very being.

New technology seems to be revolutionizing our world on a daily basis. ChatGPT — which has been used by more than a million people — might replace internet search engines and possibly your job. How should Christians deal with these machines that can communicate facts, create business plans, and do homework at the push of a button?

On this week’s episode of the Good Faith podcast, Curtis sits down with his friend, bestselling author Andy Crouch, to discuss how technology can enhance our lives or possibly deform us. They describe how technology paints as a false vision of human flourishing—and encourage Christians to fight back.

SHOW NOTES:

ChatGPT: In December 2022, Jeremy Howard, an artificial intelligence researcher, introduced an online chatbot called ChatGPT.

Joe Rogan Interviews Steve Jobs (Artificial Intelligence): Hosted by a fake version of Joe Rogan, this podcast attempts to bring the late Steve Jobs’ voice using artificial intelligence. “The meandering, near-20 minute fake interview was both surreal and occasionally funny,” writes Kyle Barr.

The Life We're Looking For: Reclaiming Relationship in a Technological World by Andy Crouch; The bestselling author Andy Crouch shows how we have been seduced by a false vision of human flourishing—and how each of us can fight back.