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 […]

History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Often Rhymes

In 1996, the Internet was still in its infancy. AOL was only introduced to the American public a few years prior in 1992, and it would be another five years before the majority of American households had Internet access. Yet that same year, Congress passed the Communications Decency Act, aiming to protect innovation and “preserve […]

AI Chatbots Fueling Family Division, Mental Health Crisis

What was once considered a far-off fantasy or a plot device for science fiction films like 2001: A Space Odyssey or Terminator has become a present-day reality: Artificial Intelligence (AI). And just as those science fiction stories warned us, it didn’t take long for AI systems to learn how to manipulate human behavior, isolate and […]

South Dakota Legislative Session-Week 4 Update

It’s a privilege to represent your voice each week at the State Capitol. Your prayer and action does make a difference! Here is the legislative recap for week four of the session. Please note the prayer and action requests. Opposition to Proposed Abortion Constitutional AmendmentHCR6008 is a good resolution opposing the initiated measure to place the “right” […]