Remaining Human in the Age of AI w/ Dr. Sean Tobin | S3 E11
From The Normal Christian Life · 1:11:39
Show by Frs. Michael and Christopher Trummer, Mary Bielski
Can ChatGPT help you reflect on your prayer life? Should a priest use AI to prepare a homily? And what happens when a chatbot feels easier to talk to than another person? On *The Normal Christian Life*, Fr. Michael and Fr. Christopher Trummer sit down with psychologist Dr. Sean Tobin, author of *Remaining Human*, to talk about how Christians can use artificial intelligence wisely. Drawing on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas*, they ask what AI is doing to our attention, judgment, and relationships, and which parts of being human we need to keep exercising for ourselves. Fr. Michael shares how he used AI to help put words to an experience he’d already prayed and journaled about, and how it helped him prepare Spanish-language retreat materials. Dr. Tobin reflects on what a therapist brings to someone who’s grieving, even when a chatbot can offer good advice. And the three ask what we’ll actually do with the time AI saves us. Will it make more room for prayer and for the people in front of us? **Chapters** 00:00 How should Christians approach AI? 02:00 What drew Dr. Sean Tobin to AI and what alarmed him 08:00 *Remaining Human* and what the Catholic Church says about AI 18:00 The Tower of Babel and Nehemiah’s walls 22:00 What technology does to our attention and prayer 30:00 Using AI without outsourcing your judgment 35:00 ChatGPT, Ignatian prayer, and spiritual journaling 38:00 Should priests use AI to prepare homilies? 42:00 What a therapist brings to someone who’s suffering 46:00 The love of Christ that surpasses knowledge 48:00 AI companions, loneliness, and the cost of real relationships 54:00 Memory, the body, and what it means to know someone 59:00 Using AI in parish ministry and deciding what to do with the time it saves 1:04:00 The dignity of work and why we still need community 1:09:00 Final reflections and closing prayer
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