Trinity Methodist College AI Workshop Resources

Stephen Garner

thirdSpaces Consulting

27 September 2024

Please find below a selection of digital resources to complement the in-person workshop.

Workshop Outline

• Trinity AI Workshop Outline

Slides

PDF files for each of the three sessions can be found below. These are three-slides per page with a space for notes beside them or one slide per page.

Session 1

• AI, Ministry and Education – Part 1 (PDF 3-per-page)
• AI, Ministry and Education – Part 1 (Full)

Session 2

• AI, Ministry and Education – Part 2 (PDF 3-per-page)
• AI, Ministry and Education – Part 2 (Full)

Session 3

• AI, Ministry and Education – Part 3 (PDF 3-per-page)
• AI, Ministry and Education – Part 3 (Full)

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Session 1 – A better understanding of artificial intelligence

Episode 1 of the Crash Course video series on AI. The Crash Course videos cover all sorts of topic, but on this series AI will be focused on. The first episode gives a helpful background to AI’s development.

• Crash Course: AI (Episode 1)
• Crash Course: AI (Playlist of the full course on YouTube)

This is a helpful engaging introduction to Generative AI (like ChatGPT or Copilot)

• Generative AI in a Nutshell – how to survive and thrive in the age of AI

Michelle Dickinson (Nanogirl, NZ-based) short videos on AI

• Topic 1 What is Artificial Intelligence
• Topic 2 What is Machine Learning in Artificial Intelligence?
• Topic 3 What are Neural Networks in Artificial Intelligence?
• Topic 4 What is data hygiene in Artificial Intelligence?
• Topic 5 What are Large Language Models in Artificial Intelligence?
• AI vs. ‘Strawberry’: Which AI Platforms Can’t Count the ‘R’s Correctly?

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Session 2 – Artificial Intelligence, faith and life

Below is a PDF file containing bibliography containing a selection of resources concerning artificial intelligence, religion and theology. There are some books, papers, and web links in it and it’s organised into various section. Mostly academic works, but some popular works in there too.

• Theology, Religion & AI (Revised) (PDF)

In 2023 the University of Auckland’s Gibbon Lectures focused on Generative AI.

You can find the link to the YouTube playlist of videos below, as well as a directly link to Dr Taiuru’s talk on AI Colonisation and Mātauranga Sovereignty.

• 2023 UoA Gibbons Lectures on Generative AI
• Dr Taiuru – AI Colonisation and Mātauranga Sovereignty
  • See also: https://taiuru.co.nz/

Engagement with AI, society, ethics and faith

• The Rome Call for AI Ethics – romecall.org
• A Dialogue on the Ethics of ChatGPT in Schools – Hong Kong Baptist University (featuring Levi Checketts – Catholic author of Poor Technology which looks at AI in the context of poverty)
• WCC Digital Justice Action and Study Guide resource – https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/publications/digital-justice

The Bible, AI, and Devotional Life

Pete  Phillips (UK Methodist)

• Phillips, Pete. “Why Your Bible App’s ‘Verse of the Day’ Feature Could Be Skewing Your View of God.” Premier Christianity. (3 October 2018). Accessed 24 September 2024. https://www.premierchristianity.com/home/why-your-bible-apps-verse-of-the-day-feature-could-be-skewing-your-view-of-god/3511.article.

Church of England Alexa PrayerBot

• Playlist of advertisements + BBC interview

Karen Hao – Journalist on the Dark Side of AI and interesting developments

• https://karendhao.com/clips – selection of her investigative journalism and some primers on AI and other technology
• AI Colonialism – https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/ai-colonialism-supertopic/
  • Includes this article on a group in Kaitaia working on AI and Māori texts – https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/22/1050394/artificial-intelligence-for-the-people/

Other resources:

• O’Brien, Glen, and Arseny Armakov, eds. A Curious Machine: Wesleyan Reflections on the Posthuman Future. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023. (https://wipfandstock.com/9781666762594/a-curious-machine/)
• Preach magazine issue on AI – https://www.preachweb.org/issues/issue-40-ai-in-the-church-digital
• Kester Brewin’s Blog (He’s the author of “GOD-LIKE: A 500-Year History of Artificial Intelligence”) – https://www.kesterbrewin.com/blog/

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Session 3 – Artificial intelligence, Education and Academic Integrity

NZQA Academic Integrity links

• Academic integrity and Artificial Intelligence
• Academic Integrity Guidelines

University of Auckland policy and guidelines on Academic Integrity

• About Academic Integrity
• Advice for students on using Generative Artificial Intelligence in coursework

Other resources

• Green, Erin, Divya Singh, and Roland Chia, eds. AI Ethics and Higher Education: Good Practice and Guidance for Educators, Learners, and Institutions. Geneva: Globethics.net, 2022. (Open Access)
  • https://repository.globethics.net/handle/20.500.12424/4146302

• Vee, Annette, Tim Laquintano, and Carly Schnitzler, eds. TextGenEd: Teaching with Text Generation Technologies. The WAC Clearinghouse, 2023. (Open Access)
  • https://wac.colostate.edu/repository/collections/textgened/

• AI, You and Your Organisation – short course from World Association for Christian Communication
  • https://ccrvoices.org/courses/ai-and-you/

• Navigating the Future of Higher Education with AI (Globethics.net)
  • https://globethics.net/publications/navigating-future-higher-education-ai

• Lausanne Occasional Paper – Christian Faith and Technology by Jonas Kurlberg, Alexander Chow, Calida Chu, Heidi Campbell, Rei Lemuel Crizaldo, Sara Afshari, Stephen Garner and Vo Huong Nam
  • https://lausanne.org/occasional-paper/christian-faith-and-technology

• J. Nathan Matais – Artificial Intelligence in Christian Thought and Practice
  • https://medium.com/ai-and-christianity/artificial-intelligence-in-christian-thought-and-practice-20ec8635a94f