By Jon Brown, Christian Post. (Photo: Andy Kelly/Unsplash)
The former CEO of Intel exhorted an audience of Christians earlier this week to harness the burgeoning potential of AI technology, which he hopes can become “a force for good in this era.”
“I believe deeply that technology is neutral,” said Pat Gelsinger, who led Intel from 2021 to 2024 and now serves as executive chair and head of technology at Gloo, a technology platform that connects various organizations within the faith ecosystem.
“It’s neither good nor bad,” Gelsinger said of AI during his keynote address to hundreds at “AI for Humanity: Navigating Ethics and Morality for a Flourishing Future,” which The Christian Post and Gloo hosted Tuesday at Colorado Christian University.
“It’s how we shape it, how we use it, how we form it,” he said. “And we, as the Christian community, we as believers, will we be shaping technology as a force for good? Are we going to show up to be bending the arc of technology for good?”
‘We must be engaged’
Dr. Richard Land, executive editor of The Christian Post and president emeritus of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina, shared his thoughts before Gelsinger took the stage about the potentially seismic consequences of AI. He urged Christians to be engaged with the cutting edge of technology, warning that it could serve both good and evil purposes.
“This is the greatest, most significant invention since the invention of the printing press,” he said of AI. “Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press was considered the most significant event in the second millennium, between 1000 and 2000 A.D., and it’s hard to argue with that.”