What is PulpitAI? Questioning CEO Michael Whittle

Is there a way to use AI to be more present with your local church, rather than less, and improve our digital spaces at the same time? The founder of PulpitAI, Michael Whittle, thinks so. In this episode, Joel and Andrew question Mike on the usefulness and positioning of PulpitAI, going from media ecology critiques to asking about Christian Venture Capitalists.

The announcement Mike first made on Twitter has more than 150,000 views and more than a handful of hate-tweets. But there's more to this story.

PulpitAI is a tool that takes sermon audio, analyzes it, and then creates oodles of content from devotionals, small group discussion questions, social media posts, blog posts, and more. 

• To learn more about PulpitAI, visit: https://pulpitai.com/
• You can dunk on Michael's tweets here: https://twitter.com/michaelwhittle

0:00 - Intro

2:29 - Mike's Story

5:54 - The Story Behind PulpitAI?

11:01 - Is this just ChatGPT? (it's not...)

13:30 - Why not help prepare sermons?

16:28 - How does PulpitAI reconcile the value of an embodied sermon with the detriments of social media?

22:08 - Engaging the social media space | People may not like their pastor using AI

28:28 - Mike's hesitation with PulpitAI

31:33 - Don't Trust The Headlines

33:36 - Giving AI an Orthodox Worldview

45:00 - The Christian VC Space

53:05 - The Wrestling With Theology & AI

54:25 - Would Jesus Use PulpitAI?