You Tube Theology

We will soon live in a world where cars drive themselves, brainwaves can be connected to prosthetic legs, and where robots shake your hand. Are you ready for it? Do you see the introduction of more and more technology as a good thing for our society or does it deprive us of opportunities to love God with all our strength? These are the questions we consider in this episode of What Would Jesus Tech. Thanks for listening.

Outline:
0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Quick Questions (Robots, Self-Driving, Idols)
5:34 - Why talk about robotics?
9:15 - What are humanoids? Why?
12:56 - Boston Dynamics - Spot
14:30 - Tesla Bot - Optimus
16:25 - Ameca Robot
17:40 - Love God with all your strength or let the robot do it?
20:01 - The economic argument for building robots
26:40 - Anticipating the future

WWJT Show Notes and Things We Discussed (full links at whatwouldjesustech.com):
- Boston Dynamics
- Tesla Optimus Robot (with coverage from CNET)
- K-nex Roller Coaster by Chris Bennett on YouTube
- Tesla Self Driving Car vs Everyday Roads by Marques Brownlee
- Connecting ChatGPT to Boston Dynamics Spot Dog by StucBot on YouTube
- Ameca Robot by Engineered Arts
- WWJT Episode Quoting Andy Crouch was back in episode 2 on the metaverse NOT the Smart Home episode.
- For Herman Bavinck on the Image of God, see the book by Cory C. Brock and Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, Neo-Calvinism, or listen to their podcast, Grace in Common.
- For Augustine on the Image of God, see his book called Confessions.
- For a helpful look at industrialism and its impact, see Jake Meador's book What Are Christians For?
- Evangelical Statement of Principles on Artificial Intelligence
- WWJT episode with Jess Joustra on all things are religious and glorify God
- FaithTech
- Figure AI
- Sanctuary AI

What Would Jesus Tech is co-hosted by Andrew Noble and Joel Jacob. 28.
- Original Music by Abigail Neale
- Website Design by Zeke Gancena
- To learn more about What Would Jesus Tech and to support the show visit whatwouldjesustech.com
- Co-hosted by Andrew Noble and Joel Jacob
- Original Music by Abigail Neale
- Website Design by Zeke Gancena
- To learn more about What Would Jesus Tech and to support the show visit whatwouldjesustech.com