Ligonier Ministries CEO Warns of AI Dangers, Reminds Christians God Is the Ultimate 'Superintelligence'

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Founded by theologian Dr. R.C. Sproul on Aug. 1, 1971, Ligonier Ministries has been active for over 55 years. Today, however, current CEO and President Chris Larson warns other companies to safeguard the use of AI, especially in programs developed to aid congregants' spiritual journeys. Urging others to implement “ethical guidelines, Larson explains that while AI can be helpful, the true and highest intelligence source is God.

Though Larson and his company have created a new tool to help answer questions people may have from a faith-based perspective, he notes that this work must continue under the guidance of our superintelligence, Christ.

"It's interesting that [President Donald Trump] even referred to artificial intelligence now as 'superintelligence,'" Larson told Fox News Digital. "Of course, Christians — and, really, all of us — have access to the 'superintelligence,' the one who has created the universe."

While Ligonier’s mission has been to proclaim, teach and defend the holiness of God "in all its fullness to as many people as possible,” Larson believes that their new app, Grow, does this tenfold.

"It's dedicated to helping Christians to better understand the Bible and theology and to go deeper in their faith, put down roots, if you will," Larson said of the new tool. "And, so, this app has 50 years of teaching in it from more than 800 different teachers, of course, grounded in Dr. R.C. Sproul's lifetime of teaching."

Drawing from a library of over 10,000 pieces of content, Grow is an “intelligent answer assistant” built for Christians seeking answers to hard questions.

Of course, Larson adds, “It's not trying to pretend it's a person or anything like that. It is just trained on our library, and then helping Christians to trust the answers, and [it] will only go so far," he said.

"And, again, I think that's an important guard as well. Because, for us, making sure that we have trusted theological answers and that the intelligent answer assistant is acting with integrity and not going outside of that."

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