{"id":94168,"date":"2023-02-23T05:18:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=94168"},"modified":"2023-03-08T16:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:48:18","slug":"religion-once-the-ice-melts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2023\/02\/religion-once-the-ice-melts.html","title":{"rendered":"AI & ChatGPT Roundup, and Religion Once The Ice Melts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I almost ended up doing a blog interview with the filmmaker behind Once The Ice Melts<\/em><\/a> but with the sabbatical I wasn\u2019t able to dedicate the time to it that would have been necessary. For anyone who is interested in culture, climate change, ethnography, and\/or seeing part of the planet that you never have before, the movie is worth watching.<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/a-striking-satellite-image-shows-a-major-greenland-melt-1849332630\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ice melting<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/greenlands-recent-ice-melt-could-cover-all-of-west-virg-1849315868\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Greenland<\/a> made the news not that long ago.\u00a0Also relevant:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Religious is Iceland?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPDfhs7APDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On other topics I\u2019ve blogged about recently (and about which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2023\/01\/google-and-chatgpt-vs-the-star-trek-computers.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">I will be giving a lecture on February 28th<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hero-Different-Stripe-Benefit-Anthologies\/dp\/1642780197?keywords=9781642780192&qid=1677002791&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=886d2d7386fc2b0af6345765f7b62d66&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1642780197&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US&l=li3&o=1&a=1642780197\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">A novelette that I wrote has just been published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/hemelein.com\/catalog\/anthologies\/a-hero-of-a-different-stripe\/#:~:text=A%20Hero%20of%20a%20Different%20Stripe%20is%20a%20science%20fiction,Life%20the%20Universe%2C%20%26%20Everything.\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">LTUE anthology<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YUZfux\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Hero of a Different Stripe<\/em><\/a>. The story is about a church wrestling with declining membership and the near future of robotic and AI technology. (My book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3SmSrDs\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>A to Z of the New Testament<\/em><\/a> is also available for pre-order.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ai-chatgpt-microsoft-control-robots-terminator-1850145030\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Microsoft wants Robots with ChatGPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marcusarvan.substack.com\/p\/are-ai-developers-playing-with-fire\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AI Developers are Playing with Fire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talesoftimesforgotten.com\/2023\/02\/19\/chatgpt-is-impressive-for-an-ai-but-not-for-a-human\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">How ChatGPT fares translating ancient Greek<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ai-chatgpt-ethics-class-essay-cheating-bing-google-bard-1850129519\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A student used ChatGPT to cheat in an AI ethics class<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2023\/02\/22\/ai-bots-can-seem-sentient-students-need-guardrails\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AI bots can seem sentient. Students need guardrails.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenflame.org\/2023\/02\/11\/robot-theology-2\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steven Garner on Robot Theology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Testament-Things-Experts-Everyone\/dp\/0802882307?crid=15M6NRUAC8PCM&keywords=james+f+mcgrath&qid=1677157978&s=books&sprefix=james+f+mcgrath%2Cstripbooks%2C85&sr=1-1&linkCode=li3&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&linkId=96e8ad4b89a0df6686845f7af62eac46&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0802882307&Format=_SL250_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US\" border=\"0\"><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jamefmcgrshom-20&language=en_US&l=li3&o=1&a=0802882307\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/technology-artificial-intelligence-kentucky-religion-65822bf1c46de7630d3441e9ff4ff41a\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sermons written by ChatGPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/st-eutychus.com\/2023\/future-church-church-in-an-ai-box\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nathan Campbell blogged about ChatGPT and \u201cChurch in a Box\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/just-visiting\/let%E2%80%99s-stop-talking-about-chatgpt\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Warner emphasizes that ChatGPT is an opportunity<\/a> more than or rather than a threat<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science20.com\/news_staff\/ai_language_models_like_chatgpt_may_paraphrase_without_citing_the_source-256472\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ChatGPT may paraphrase without citing source<\/a> (not surprising, given what it is and how it works)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meafar.blogspot.com\/2023\/02\/another-conversation-with-chatgpt-about.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bob MacDonald had a conversation with ChatGPT about the Hebrew text of Ecclesiastes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t think of this issue: <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ai-chatgpt-sci-fi-clarkesworld-magazine-fiction-1850140486\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">magazines being flooded with submissions of AI-generated stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/science\/articles\/post-human-economy\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Post-Human Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/confessions-community-college-dean\/boilerplate-and-ai\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Condolence Message Authored by ChatGPT<\/a> (and an <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ai-chatgpt-vanderbilt-michigan-state-shooting-apology-1850139417\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">update<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Gat7OujdcS\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2023\/02\/will-chatgpt-replace-human-writers-pinker-weighs-in\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Will ChatGPT supplant us as writers, thinkers?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWill ChatGPT supplant us as writers, thinkers?\u201d \u2014 Harvard Gazette\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2023\/02\/will-chatgpt-replace-human-writers-pinker-weighs-in\/embed\/#?secret=1C143I45In#?secret=Gat7OujdcS\" data-secret=\"Gat7OujdcS\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o57AjSniH5\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2023\/02\/01\/st-eliza-pray-for-us\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">St. ELIZA, pray for us<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cSt. ELIZA, pray for us\u201d \u2014 slacktivist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2023\/02\/01\/st-eliza-pray-for-us\/embed\/#?secret=23TpZUkM9p#?secret=o57AjSniH5\" data-secret=\"o57AjSniH5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/growing-up-with-chatgpt-and-some-lessons-from-harry-truman.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Growing up with ChatGPT<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pZ2TZHAwXo\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/academicminute.org\/2023\/02\/nir-eisikovits-umass-boston-a-i-and-everyday\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston \u2013 A.I. and Everyday Life<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cNir Eisikovits, UMass Boston \u2013 A.I. and Everyday Life\u201d \u2014 The Academic Minute\" src=\"https:\/\/academicminute.org\/2023\/02\/nir-eisikovits-umass-boston-a-i-and-everyday\/embed\/#?secret=wxPFt41Iwj#?secret=pZ2TZHAwXo\" data-secret=\"pZ2TZHAwXo\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ai-bing-microsoft-chatgpt-heil-hitler-prompt-google-1850109362\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bing\u2019s chatbot<\/a> responds in a shocking way to someone whose name is Adolf<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tID9aBj5Mo\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/now-that-the-end-is-here.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Now That The End Is Here<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cNow That The End Is Here\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/now-that-the-end-is-here.html\/embed#?secret=tZgS9B9mM3#?secret=tID9aBj5Mo\" data-secret=\"tID9aBj5Mo\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xX5w0k0oVq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/artificial-intelligence-sic-machine-learning-and-the-best-game-in-town-or-how-some-philosophers-and-the-bbs-missed-a-step.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Artificial Intelligence [sic: Machine Learning] and The Best Game in Town; Or How Some Philosophers, and the BBS, Missed a Step<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cArtificial Intelligence [sic: Machine Learning] and The Best Game in Town; Or How Some Philosophers, and the BBS, Missed a Step\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/artificial-intelligence-sic-machine-learning-and-the-best-game-in-town-or-how-some-philosophers-and-the-bbs-missed-a-step.html\/embed#?secret=flo4Nny2Kw#?secret=xX5w0k0oVq\" data-secret=\"xX5w0k0oVq\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"m9l81RVaOX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/can-ai-curate-art-better-than-a-human-2.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Can AI curate art better than a human?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCan AI curate art better than a human?\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/can-ai-curate-art-better-than-a-human-2.html\/embed#?secret=8Q0DfZlE7n#?secret=m9l81RVaOX\" data-secret=\"m9l81RVaOX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/ai-lockheed-martin-f-16-airfoce-darpa-1850113702\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AI controlled fighter jet<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/google-ai-bard-chatgpt-bing-openai-1850119138\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google working out kinks in its AI \u201cBard\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"whfTTtfSmw\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/microsofts-new-ai-really-does-herald-a-global-threat.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Microsoft\u2019s new AI really does herald a global threat<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMicrosoft\u2019s new AI really does herald a global threat\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/microsofts-new-ai-really-does-herald-a-global-threat.html\/embed#?secret=rSszwNUpOf#?secret=whfTTtfSmw\" data-secret=\"whfTTtfSmw\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"c0E5YunjCh\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/bings-a-i-chat-reveals-its-feelings-i-want-to-be-alive-%f0%9f%98%88.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bing\u2019s A.I. Chat Reveals Its Feelings: \u201cI Want to Be Alive. <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"40DB7oUm3M\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/from-bing-to-sydney.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">From Bing to Sydney<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cFrom Bing to Sydney\u201d \u2014 3 Quarks Daily\" src=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/from-bing-to-sydney.html\/embed#?secret=inWHSCcnZW#?secret=40DB7oUm3M\" data-secret=\"40DB7oUm3M\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2BQrDHiQ9J\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/3quarksdaily.com\/3quarksdaily\/2023\/02\/5-most-shocking-bing-chats.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">5 Most Shocking Bing Chats<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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