Student Explores AI for Research and Ministry

When artificial intelligence surged into public consciousness in 2023, Eric Louw had already begun experimenting with AI image generation. Text-generation models soon followed, revealing possibilities that seemed almost limitless.

“The potential uses were immense,” Louw said. “But they were often limited by a user’s creativity or a lack of understanding about how generative AI works.”

Louw’s interest grew out of his work at the intersection of theology, history and technology. A former pastor in Texas, he is now an Adventist studies doctoral student at the Seventh-day Theological Seminary at Andrews University, where he researches hamartiology, the branch of Christian systematic theology that studies sin. 

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