(CP) Training Christians and scriptural believers are extra skeptical of synthetic intelligence than the American public as a complete, in response to a brand new survey.
The American Bible Society has printed its second quantity Bible State USA Report 2024 on Thursday. The second chapter, “Religion and Expertise,” explored respondents' views on synthetic intelligence and its function of their religion. Survey information relies on responses collected from 2,506 adults between Jan. 4 and Jan. 23, with a margin of error of +/- 2.73 proportion factors.
Chief Program Officer of the American Bible Society and Standing of the Bible Editor-in-Chief John Farquhar Plake summarized the outcomes: “Individuals worry AI greater than hope. Our survey additionally exhibits a excessive degree of uncertainty.
“Individuals simply don't understand how AI goes to alter tradition, however they're somewhat leery of it,” he added.
“And the way do folks of religion really feel? The identical—unsure, uneasy—however extra so. Training Christians and those that take care of Scripture are much more eager about AI than most people, and extra more likely to say that the dangerous outcomes of AI will outweigh the great. The most important uncertainty is on the intersection of religion and AI.”
Most Individuals disagreed that “synthetic intelligence may also help with ethical reasoning” (58%), that “utilizing synthetic intelligence can enhance my non secular practices and promote “non secular well being” (68%), and that “synthetic intelligence can produce simply as nicely written sermon as a pastor, priest or minister” (57%). However, a majority of Individuals (51%) agreed that “unemployment will improve on account of using synthetic intelligence.”
Respondents had been extra blended on whether or not “using synthetic intelligence goes in opposition to biblical educating”, with 40% agreeing with the assertion and expressing uncertainty about it. Equally, 37% of respondents disagreed that they had been “optimistic in regards to the future advantages of utilizing synthetic intelligence in our world,” whereas one other 37% mentioned they had been uncertain about AI's future advantages.
A plurality of respondents had been uncertain whether or not “the dangerous that may consequence from using synthetic intelligence outweighs the optimistic results that may be produced” (39%) and agreed that they’d “look unfavorably on a pastor or priest utilizing synthetic intelligence to create a sermon or homily.”
When trying on the views of “scriptural” respondents in comparison with Individuals as a complete, the survey revealed that scriptural Individuals are barely extra eager about AI than their friends.
The report outlined “scripturally engaged” respondents as those that scored 100 or larger on the “Scriptural Engagement Scale,” which measures the “impression and centrality” of the Bible's message to those that have interaction with Scripture a minimum of three to 4 instances a 12 months outdoors of church and church occasions based mostly on their responses to 14 survey objects.
On a scale of 1 to five, with 5 indicating robust settlement with the assertion and 1 illustrating robust disagreement with the assertion, respondents had an general imply rating of two.8 in response to the assertion that “I’m optimistic in regards to the future advantages of synthetic intelligence in our world.” whereas the typical rating dropped to 2.5 amongst believers who have interaction with Scripture.
For the declare that “synthetic intelligence may also help with ethical reasoning,” respondents had an general common rating of two.3, in comparison with 2.0 amongst scripted human individuals.
Scripture respondents had a mean degree of settlement of 1.8 when it got here to the assertion that “utilizing AI can enhance my non secular practices and promote 'non secular well being,'” which was barely decrease than the general common degree of settlement of two.0. The common charge of settlement amongst folks concerned in Scripture that “AI can produce a sermon in addition to a pastor, priest or preacher” (1.9) was decrease than the typical charge of settlement among the many public as a complete (2.3).
Equally, respondents who studied Scripture had been extra possible than their friends to agree with unfavourable statements about synthetic intelligence. Engaged Scripture had a mean settlement rating of three.1 for the assumption that “using synthetic intelligence goes in opposition to biblical educating,” versus 2.7 for the general public as a complete. These within the Scriptures had been additionally extra more likely to agree that “the dangerous that will consequence from synthetic intelligence outweighs any optimistic impression it could have” (3.4) than the complete pattern (3.1).
A higher proportion of these engaged in Scripture (3.7) believed that “unemployment will improve on account of using synthetic intelligence” than the American public as a complete (3.5). Common settlement that “I’d look unfavorably on a pastor or priest utilizing synthetic intelligence to create sermons or homilies” was larger amongst Scripture folks concerned (3.5) than in the complete pattern (3.1).
The survey additionally revealed differing views on synthetic intelligence amongst non-Christians, non-practicing Christians and working towards Christians. Non-Christians and non-practicing Christians shared a imply settlement charge of two.8 on optimism in regards to the “future advantages” of AI, which is barely forward of the typical degree of settlement amongst working towards Christians (2.6).
Non-practicing Christians and non-Christians additionally shared the identical common degree of settlement (2.3) that AI can “assist ethical reasoning,” whereas settlement was barely decrease amongst working towards Christians (2.0). Non-practicing Christians had the best common degree of settlement (2.1) that AI can enhance “non secular practices and promote 'non secular well being,'” adopted by non-Christians (2.0) and working towards Christians (1.8).
However, non-Christians had been extra more likely to agree (2.6) that AI can “produce as well-written sermons as a pastor, priest or minister” than non-practicing Christians (2.3) and working towards Christians (1.9). . Training Christians had a better common degree of settlement that “using synthetic intelligence goes in opposition to biblical educating” (3.0) than non-practicing Christians (2.8) and non-Christians (2.3).
Training Christians had been additionally extra more likely to suppose that the dangerous outweighed the great when it got here to AI (3.4) than non-practicing Christians (3.1) and non-Christians (2.9). The common degree of settlement that AI will result in a rise in unemployment was highest amongst working towards Christians (3.7), adopted by non-practicing Christians (3.5) and non-Christians (3.3).
Amongst working towards Christians (3.5) in comparison with non-practicing Christians (3.1) and non-Christians (3.0), there was a better degree of disgust on the concept of a priest utilizing AI to develop a sermon.
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