Hello Holy Trinity Family!

Last week I introduced the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in my bulletin message, and I wish to continue reflecting on this topic. AI is here and at work in our community. We know it by various names such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Claude, and Gamma AI, to name a few of the many AI tools at our disposal. These tools are great to help us become more organized, give us ideas for meal prepping, analyzing documents, among many other uses. However, it is important to realize that AI isn’t always used for productivity or creativity. AI can be used to do homework, write papers, create images and videos that are not life giving and do not respect human dignity. I mentioned that Pope Leo XIV wrote a Papal Encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, addressing the Church on Artificial Intelligence and safeguarding the human person. As we know in Catholic Social Doctrine everything we do must always glorify God by honoring His creations, especially the human person. In Jeremiah we know that God knew us before we were even in our mother’s womb. God has a plan for each of us. As we navigate our time here on Earth, we are challenged to remember that whenever we encounter someone, we are encountering Christ for we are all created in the image and likeness of God. How does this work with AI though? With AI we are encountering an algorithm that was created by a human person, though it does seem like AI is able to make its own decisions. AI is a wonderful tool created by humans; however, we must use it to keep our dignity intact. We can use it to help us with homework and business, we can use it to help us plan vacations or meal prepping, and we can use it for entertainment, but we can not use it to replace our work ethic.

- Fr. Jonathan