What is the Future of Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence?

During my sophomore year of college, I had an internal crisis deciding on my major. I sat down with my academic advisor and professor, who posed two questions for me:  Have you prayed about it?  What would you do if you knew you could not fail?  He then connected me with his wife, who became a dear mentor and friend. Our relationship led her to volunteer as the faculty sponsor of the […]

A Conversation on the Dignity of Human Life and Work with the Rise of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has, once again, made headlines with Pope Leo XIV’s recent manifesto, Florida court hearings, and billion-dollar industry projections for OpenAI and Anthropic. What does this mean for Christians?  Marking the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum (a landmark encyclical by Pope Leo XIII outlining modern Catholic social teachings on the working class’s challenges during the Industrial Revolution), Pope Leo XIV signed “Magnifica humanitas: […]

Automating Exploitation: A New Generation of Sex Trafficking

In April, the Minnesota Senate achieved a national first by passing a bipartisan ban on artificial intelligence “nudification.” Other states should quickly move to follow suit. Rapidly evolving artificial intelligence technology has created a situation where elements of sex trafficking could victimize someone without them even realizing it.  Nudification tools enable such exploitation through the […]

Apple and Google App Stores Driving Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools

When smartphones entered the hands of teenagers, they also introduced a new and devastating phenomenon: sexting. By the early 2000s, news reports warned parents that intimate images of high school students were being rapidly shared within schools, often beyond the consent of the person in the photo, and that if their teen participated in storing […]

I’m Dreaming of a Tech-Free Christmas (And Why You Should, Too)

Forty Christmases ago, the “must have” toy of the season was a talking teddy bear called Teddy Ruxpin. Teddy Ruxpin was, in reality, little more than an audio cassette player hidden inside a stuffed teddy bear with animatronic eyes and mouth that moved as it played back pre-recorded audio tapes. But electronic toys have come […]