Exponential NEXT Podcast Episode 98
Series: Thinking Ahead: Pastors and AI
Description: AI is a “force multiplier” for the Kingdom, but instead of being a friend or an enemy, you should make AI your frenemy. In this episode, Jason Morris introduces the “Art of AI Jiu-Jitsu”, teaching pastors how to use AI as an “adversarial network” to leverage its power while avoiding its weaknesses.
Since the average church cannot afford to “own the compute” or “own the model,” the speaker argues that the greatest opportunity for pastors to use AI without becoming a commodity is to own the data.
Some of the critical issues to discuss internally with church leadership are:
Own the Prompts: The question of “who owns the prompts” is becoming more valuable than ever, and pastors should reuse and share them among staff to create efficiency and save time. Build Contextual Equity: Create a knowledge base of best practices around prompts to help onboard new staff and volunteers quickly. Leverage Context: Since “content is no longer the king… context is”, your unique human context with your church is your “superpower” that AI will never have. Focus on the Human Element: AI is designed for “dopamine, not truth” and excels at “sycophancy”. Pastors should prioritize relationships, care, and speaking the “cold hard truth”, actions AI cannot produce.Jason leads the conversation by showing how AI can be used to handle the “grunt work” like administration and research, freeing you to focus on the relationships and community that only humans can provide.
This episode is part of the Exponential AI NEXT podcast series. Learn more about how to get up to speed with AI for church at exponential.org/ai-next.
Guest:
Jason Morris, thechurch.digital, Director of Equipping & Mobilization
Category: AI NEXT
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