Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is urging Christians to embrace artificial intelligence and help guide its development as a moral and spiritual “force for good.”
Speaking at “AI for Humanity: Navigating Ethics and Morality for a Flourishing Future” at Colorado Christian University, Gelsinger told an audience of hundreds that technology itself is neutral. “It’s neither good nor bad,” he said. “It’s how we shape it, how we use it, how we form it. And we, as the Christian community, we as believers—will we be shaping technology as a force for good?”
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As reported by The Christian Post, Gelsinger compared the rise of AI to Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press, calling it “another Gutenberg moment.” He said that like the printing press, which empowered the Reformation and spread the Word of God, AI could transform the modern world if used wisely. “Christians of that time embraced that great invention of the day to literally change humanity,” Gelsinger said. “We must do the same today.”
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The longtime tech leader, now serving as executive chair at Gloo, outlined three key principles for developing responsible AI:
- Openness: “Building in the open, living transparently, making sure our data sets and processes are open and understood by all.”
- Building Trust: Creating benchmarks and frameworks that ensure AI promotes human flourishing.
- Honoring Intellectual Property: Respecting the rights of creators, which Gelsinger said is fundamental to innovation.
Gelsinger expressed optimism that AI could help solve global challenges, including poverty and education. He pointed to AI’s potential to translate the world’s 7,000 languages, saying, “Almost everybody living in extreme poverty lives in the other 6,000 languages. AI will enable us to conquer the other 6,000. So literally since Babel, we will have conquered language through AI for the first time.”
He said his goal is to see every child on Earth educated through AI-powered learning in their native language. “Do you think the heart of our Lord Jesus Christ would be honored if His Church did that? I do,” Gelsinger said.
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Closing his keynote, Gelsinger urged believers not to fear AI but to take an active role in shaping it. “Run right to it and find ways that we are in the front seat of shaping this technology as a force for good,” he said.
James Lasher, a seasoned writer and editor at Charisma Media, combines faith and storytelling with a background in journalism from Otterbein University and ministry experience in Guatemala and the LA Dream Center. A Marine Corps and Air Force veteran, he is the author of The Revelation of Jesus: A Common Man’s Commentary and a contributor to Charisma magazine.
