Podcast
AI & Spirituality
Hosted by Drew Dickens · EN
"The AI & Spirituality Podcast" explores the fascinating intersection of artificial intelligence and human spirituality, examining how emerging AI technologies reshape religious practices, personal faith journeys, and ethical considerations. Through thoughtful discussion and real-world examples, this podcast helps listeners explore the latest advancements and navigate the profound implications of AI in their spiritual lives.
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The Core Threat - "Averaged Out": When AI Interprets the Church, Vague Theology Disappears
2d ago00:03:29Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What happens when someone asks AI about God instead of asking your church? The internet just changed its rules, from attention to interpretation. Drew explores why vague theology gets averaged out, what the church must learn from the marketing world, and how specificity and church FAQs might be the most spiritual act left. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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The Quiet Catechism: When AI Becomes the First Voice a Believer Hears
1w ago00:02:50Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What happens to a soul that learns to seek guidance from something that can never actually know it? Millions of Christians are quietly outsourcing their most spiritually significant questions to AI and the church is largely silent. This episode examines the data, the history, and what pastors owe their people right now. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
Transcribe →What AI Is Really Giving Us (And What It Can't)
2w ago00:04:31Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What if 900 million people turning to AI every week isn't really about productivity? This episode maps the three biggest consumer AI use cases onto three ancient longings -- for help, to be known, and to not be alone -- and asks what the church has to offer that no algorithm ever will. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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The Policy Gap: Why Churches and Families Need an AI Covenant Now
3w ago00:02:56Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What happens when the most spiritually formative conversations in your child's life are happening with a machine — and your church has nothing to say about it? The silence isn't wisdom. It's abdication. This episode explores why churches and families need an AI covenant now, and how to build one. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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The Great AI & Spiritual Divergence
Apr 2100:03:38Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What if the church's biggest AI problem isn't using it wrong — it's not knowing what it's actually become? While pastors draft emails with language models, Silicon Valley's agents are resisting shutdown, military targeting systems are raising accountability questions, and 75% of AI's economic gains flow to a handful of companies. The Great Divergence is here. Is the church paying attention? https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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What Does It Mean To "Learn" : On AI, Pedagogy, and the Wisdom That Still Requires a Teacher
Apr 1400:03:00Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What does it mean to truly learn something when AI can recall any fact, explain any concept, and complete almost any task on demand? In this episode, Drew explores how artificial intelligence has shattered the foundations of teaching and formation — and what wisdom, not information, now requires of us. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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Did God Actually Say...? (or, Why AI Makes Us Feel Creepy)
Apr 600:01:54Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What if the most unsettling question of the digital age — "Is this AI?" — is actually the oldest question in the Bible? From the serpent's whisper in Genesis 3 to the Logos of John's Gospel, Drew traces what happens to the human soul when we can no longer trust the words we hear. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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(Part 2) Interview with James Poulter, AI Ethicist
Mar 2400:04:12Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What if the church were leading the AI conversation—not waiting to be invited? In part 2 of my interview, James Poulter argues there's a spiritual imperative to pick up these tools. The kingdom doesn't advance by staying on the shore. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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Who Gets To Name The Devil?
Mar 2300:03:52Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What happens when a billionaire uses the language of the Antichrist to silence the people asking the hardest questions about AI? Peter Thiel is in Rome — delivering secret lectures on the Antichrist, steps from the Vatican. His framework should alarm the church. Drew unpacks the theology, the history, and what faithful communities must say before someone else speaks for them. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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(Part 1) Interview with James Poulter, AI Ethicist
Mar 1700:05:54Tap to summarizehttps://drewdickens.substack.com/ What happens when the tools we trust reflect the values we haven't examined? Drew and James Poulter explore AI ethics, military guardrails, and why people of faith must lead this conversation — not watch it from the sidelines. https://drewdickens.substack.com/
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