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Science & Creation

Understanding the natural world around us and taking care of God’s good creation is part of our calling to be human: to have dominion over the natural world and to bear the responsibility of taking care of it. Allowing the God of the Bible to be at the centre of our understanding of science.

Exploring the Environmental Costs of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

At a book review session for "Atlas of AI" by Kate Crawford, organized by TechHuman, concerns were raised about the environmental costs of AI. This article briefly explores this topic.

Mar 8, 2023

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AI Is a Tool, Superintelligence Is Fiction

Alexander Fink highlights 5 theses to guide our understanding of AI and its place in our world.

Sep 27, 2022

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Sabbath: The Recipe for Balance

When an apple tree is hit by frost and suffers yield loss, it's able to get the necessary rest and produces above-average yield the next year. A period of rest is followed by a period of fruitfulness.

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AI Ethics Part 3 - A Christian Manifesto

Concludes the series of talks on AI ethics with 9 propositions that are suggested could form the basis of a biblically-based response to AI especially in the light of our understanding of Imago Dei.

Dec 6, 2018

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AI Ethics Part 2 - Key Ethical Issues & Imago Dei

Jeremy looks at the key drivers of AI ethics in the context of our increasing reliance on machines and their cumulative impact on humanity and civilisation.

Dec 5, 2018

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AI Ethics Part 1 - Introduction

Introducing the main ethical issues surrounding current AI technology from a Christian worldview perspective, with an overview of the main modes of ethical decision making.

Dec 4, 2018

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AI Technology & Applications Part 3

Part 3 investigates the likelihood of Narrow AI advancing to provide the capabilities of General AI and beyond. From a series of 6 talks during a Cross-Current conference in Berlin, Nov 2018.

Dec 3, 2018

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AI Technology & Applications Part 2

Part 2 provides a road map of where AI is heading and discusses its limitations, the risks and the dangers of its misuse. from a series of 6 talks during a cross-current conference in Berlin, Nov 2018

Dec 2, 2018

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AI Technology & Applications Part 1

Jeremy Peckham presenting some of the areas in which AI technology is being used, highlighting the current race for AI dominance as well as the significant increase in funding for AI in recent years.

Dec 1, 2018

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Serving God on a Local Scale

People often say “to change the world, start with yourself” and we believe that small things also matter.

May 28, 2020

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An Astrophysicist’s Loaves of Bread and Fish

How can I, an astrophysicist, serve God through my work? It is a question that I have been thinking about since I started studying...

May 20, 2019

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Landfill and Me

Our Cross-Current participants pop up in all sorts of places! Working in landfill gas is certainly not a glamorous job, but it’s a necessary part of stewarding our planet.

Mar 15, 2019

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Nature...Complex or Simple?

As scientists, we cannot solve the question of why nature behaves the way it does on our own, but with our own contributions, bit by bit we get closer.

Justus van Ramshorst

Oct 2, 2018

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Artificial Intellingence - Ethics & Challenges

AI – or artificial intelligence – is defined as ‘an area of computer science that emphasises the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans’.

Nov 14, 2018

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Is There Hope for Creation?

Article from IFES Word and World by Las G Newman, the former Associate General Secretary for IFES. He now serves as Global Associate Director for Regions for the Lausanne Movement.

Jan 16, 2020

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COP25 as the BLUE COP: Time for Action is Now

Rocio Parra, one of our Cross-Current participants reports on the 2019 annual UN climate conference, COP25 in Madrid.

Dec 9, 2019

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Are We Really Taking Care of God’s Handiwork in Creation?

About the importance of exercising responsible stewardship over the environment.

Mar 5, 2019

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