In this final episode of The Bulletin miniseries "Artificially Intelligent,” Mike Cosper speaks with AJ Calhoun about AI and work, and what we can learn from technological revolutions of the past. Then, Clarissa Moll chats with Brenda Ng about AI in the doctor’s exam room and ways that it may even bring humanity to that vulnerable space. Charlie Peacock shares what talented musicians can accomplish with AI tools in hand. And finally, SIL Global discusses how they’re using AI to help their translators produce drafts of the Bible in new languages.
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ABOUT THE GUESTS:
AJ Calhoun is the director of research and impact at Leading on Opportunity, an initiative of Foundation For The Carolinas. In this role, he leads a team of designers and social scientists to build inclusive, data-driven tools to advance economic mobility. AJ has worked on similar projects with the United Way, Knight Foundation, World Resources Institute, Chicago Community Trust, and Consultative Group to Assist the Poor at the World Bank.
Brenda Ng is the executive director for research & insights in the Digital Innovation Group of Providence Health and Services. She was previously principal and founder of The Trio Group, specializing in customer-driven business and marketing insights for technology companies, and a senior executive for consumer and competitive insights at Microsoft and T-Mobile where she played leading roles in the launch of X-Box and T-Mobile’s first cell phone.
Charlie Peacock is a Nashville-based, four-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-format jazz and pop recording artist, composer and record producer. Peacock’s production credits range from Chris Cornell and Ladysmith Black Mambazo to AAA and Americana successes such as The Lone Bellow, Holly Williams, The Civil Wars, Ben Rector and Brett Dennen.
Michael Martin is a software engineer at SIL Global researching the use of neural machine translation technology in multi-lingual, ultra-low resource language settings.
JoEllen Magnus is the business analyst for the Scripture Forge AI translation tools at SIL Global.
Cassie Weishaupt is a data scientist at SIL Global, and works on creating AI quality assessment tools for Bible translation teams and exploring the ways minority language expertise can be leveraged in the fight against human trafficking.
ABOUT THE BULLETIN:
The Bulletin is a twice-weekly politics and current events show from Christianity Today moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.
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