Techno Babel: Christians and the AI Problem (ft. Dr. Mark Mitchell)

This week on Moment of Truth, Nick sits down with Dr. Mark Mitchell, Dean of Academic Affairs at Patrick Henry College and author of the forthcoming book Breaking Babel, for one of the most theologically and philosophically rich conversations the show has had yet.

The subject is AI, but not in the way you usually hear it discussed.

Dr. Mitchell proposes that the Tower of Babel is a lens for understanding what happens when human beings use language and technology to usurp the authority of God, and follows that thread all the way through large language models, artificial general intelligence, the epidemic of loneliness, the collapse of genuine human competency, and what it means that we are increasingly unable to tell the difference between communion with a person and the simulation of one.

He also makes a sharp distinction between tool AI and general AI, cleanly dividing using a tool from the worship of a tool made in one’s own image.

This episode is more philosophy than policy, but it offers a clear and constructive voice from the AI-skeptical camp.

Buy Dr. Mitchell's book: https://creedandculture.com/authors/mark-t-mitchell/

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