Institute Course | Reimagining AI: Spiritual Wisdom and Collaborative Knowledge

How do spiritual realities shape our understanding of generative artificial intelligence (AI), and what new possibilities arise when we explore this intersection? In this dynamic three-session course, David Kim, alongside futurist Bob Johansen (Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of the Future), will guide participants through a transformative exploration of how spiritual wisdom can inform the way we design, understand, and collaborate with AI systems.

David was invited in 2021 to join the Advisory Board of AI and Faith where he contributes essays, and has contributed a chapter in Faithful AI. David consults organizations to thoughtfully engage with this emerging technology with a hopeful theistic frame.

Participants in this course will explore how being created in the image of God expands our imagination for AI’s potential—moving beyond efficiency and productivity to questions that expand the possibilities of what grace brings into our world. Through rich discussions, spiritual practices, and collaborative hands-on exercises, this course addresses key questions like: How does AI influence our understanding of what it means to be human and how does our being created in God’s image expand our imagination for AI?  We will consider both theological and practical implications of these questions as we explore this new frontier.

Register now to explore how spiritual realities can inform and transform our approach to one of the most influential technologies of our time.

Details:

Location: Online
Date and Time: Three sessions held on January 14, 21, 28 from 11:30-1:00 ET
Cost: $400 (early bird, before Dec 1) / $550

About your Guide: 

David Kim is the CEO and co-founder of Goldenwood. Over the past several decades, Rev. Dr. David Kim has trained, consulted, and counseled hundreds of leaders and organizations in developing a robust, meaningful integration of faith and work. David’s past experiences as VP of Faith and Work, Executive Director of the Center for Faith & Work, Director of the Gotham Fellowship, and editor of the NIV Faith and Work Bible have given him a breadth of exposure to the challenges of integrating faith and work. His expertise as a key thought-leader in the faith and work space has been well-established having addressed prominent institutions and churches around the world. David’s passion is to help people and organizations see the unseen realities that give rise to the world we create.

Bob Johansen began working with IFTF in 1973 and has worked as a professional futurist for nearly 50 years. The author or co-author of 12 books and a frequent keynote speaker, he recently completed a trilogy of that details the types of leadership that will thrive in the next decade. The New Leadership Literacies focuses on essential practices of leadership, picking up where Leaders Make the Future, its more skills-oriented precursor, left off; in 2020, he published Full-Spectrum Thinking, which focuses on the need for a futureback mindset. His latest book, Office Shock: Creating Better Futures for Working and Living, is co-written with IFTF colleagues Joseph Press and Christine Bullen. Bob holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois (which he attended on a basketball scholarship), an MDiv from Crozer Theological Seminary (where Martin Luther King, Jr., attended divinity school), and a Ph.D. in Sociology of Religion from Northwestern University.