Why Christian Thinkers See AI as a Matter of Sin

Summary

The article explores why Christian intellectuals are deeply unsettled by artificial intelligence, framing AI's dehumanizing effects through the lens of sin. The author argues that AI introduces new forms of dehumanization—such as digital girlfriends marketed to the lonely and vulnerable—that traditional secular language fails to adequately describe. The term "sin" is presented as the only sufficiently strong concept to capture the moral and spiritual harm these technologies inflict, even though the author admits feeling embarrassed using such religious terminology in modern discourse.