Talks and Interviews
This page includes links to some of Prof. Schuurman’s video interviews and talks, chapel
reflections , podcasts and audio recordings, and
text interviews that have been posted online. He was
selected as the ACMS Brabenec
Lecturer for 2023-2024.
Prof. Schuurman is available to speak to groups as time allows.
Talks and Discussions (video links)
Intoducing
Pascal-bot: What Would Pascal Say? , presented at the 2024 American
Scientific Affiliation (ASA) Conference, The Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC, July 28, 2024.
The Story of
Progress and a Path to Responsible Technology , invited talk for the
Human-inspired AI Research group at Korea University, Seoul, South
Korea, July 5, 2024.
Exploring
Virtue Formation and Virtue-by-Proxy in Artificial Intelligence ,
invited talk for the Virtuous AI?: Cultural Evolution, Artificial
Intelligence, and Virtue (Rome Conference), Center for the Technology
and Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California,
online July 26, 2023.
Virtue and
Artificial Intelligence , ASA “diving deeper” discussion, March 9,
2024.
A Low-Cost
Classroom Network without the Internet , Paul Arveson and Derek
Schuurman, ASA 2023 parallel session, July 31, 2023.
ChatGPT, AI,
and the Biblical Story , Houston Christian University, Houston Texas,
November 2, 2023. Sponsored by the Association of Christians in the
Mathematical Sciences (ACMS) 2023-2024 Brabenec
Lectureship .
ChatGPT,
AI, and the Biblical Story: Thoughts from a Christian Computer
Scientist , Cedarville University. Cedarville, OH, October 3, 2023.
Sponsored by the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
(ACMS) 2023-2024 Brabenec
Lectureship .
AI and the Biblical Story:
Thoughts from a Christian Computer Scientist , FaithTech online
meetup, June 28, 2023.
How
Then Shall We Engineer? , What Would Jesus Tech podcast, June 20,
2023.
A Christian Field Guide to
Technology for Engineers and Designers , ASA "diving deeper"
discussion, May 13, 2023.
Defining the Integration of
Faith and Learning , a conversation for CCCU Advance
Magazine, Spring 2023.
Talk
given at Grove City College , October 10, 2022.
A
Conversation with Dr. Derek Schuurman , LeTourneau University,
September 2022.
Why Does Jesus Influence My
Engineering Career? , Why God Why Podcast, September 8, 2022.
Faith and Designing
Technology , Wheaton Center for Faith and Innovation, July 4,
2022.
ESN Conversation: A Christian
Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers , Emerging
Scholars Network conversation, April 22, 2022.
Artificial Intelligence and
the Christian Faith , a panel hosted by the Kirby Laing Centre for
Public Theology
Technology and the Story of
the Bible talk given for the Center for Faith & Work Los
Angeles, April 5, 2021.
Connecting Bytes and
Beliefs , talk given for Passion Talks 2020, August 14, 2020.
O humano
do futuro (includes some short interview segments, part of a larger
series called "Origens" that appeared on Novo Tempo, Brazil)
Talk given for FaithTech
Chicago about shaping a digital world (May 14, 2020).
A Christian Perspective on
AI, Automation and Technology , an interview with the Purpose
Nation podcast, published August 2019.
Technology and Liberalism , panel talk for the Faith
and Democracy in America conference, Calvin College, December 6,
2018.
Connecting Bytes and
Beliefs: A Personal Story , a talk given at a Dordt College
Engineering Society Dinner, October 18, 2018.
Responsible
Automation , a talk given for the Hamilton Science and Faith Forum
and the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation (CSCA), McMaster
Divinity College, March 3, 2017.
Technology
and the Biblical Story , a talk given at the 2016 Faith & Work
Conference, Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York City, November
2016.
Public lecture given at Calvin College on July 16, 2014 (audio
and video )
A TV interview
broadcast on 100 Huntley Street , October 29,
Chapel Reflections
Reflection
on Genesis 11:1-9 , Calvin University chapel, April 9, 2024.
Reflection
on Genesis 2 and Job 28 , Calvin University chapel, March 28,
2023.
Chapel
talk given at Belmont University , April 11, 2022.
Psalm 8 and
Technology , LeTourneau University chapel talk, September 28,
2022.
Psalm 8 and computers , Calvin College chapel service
co-led with senior Computer Science students, April 1, 2019.
Technology and
the Biblical Story , Bethel University convocation chapel talk,
February 22, 2017.
Audio Links to Podcasts and Other Recordings
Exercising
Healthy Skepticism of Artificial Intelligence , Mornings with Tom and
Tabi, Moody Radio, July 26, 2024.
Shaping
a Digital World , God’s Story Podcast, July 19, 2024.
AI
and the Church , Faith Matters Podcast, Clearview Church, May 18,
2024.
Artificial
Intelligence Roundtable: Eddy Wu, Derek Schuurman, and Jeremy
Peckham , Christ and Culture Podcast, Center for Faith and Culture,
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, December 1, 2023.
Artificial
Intelligence , God’s Story Podcast, October 13, 2023.
The AI
Takeover: A Conversation with Dr. Derek C. Schuurman , A Pastor and a
Philosopher Walk into a Bar podcast, September 22, 2023.
Technology:
neither saviour nor villian , The Christian Education Podcast by
"Teaching in Tassie", August 17, 2023.
Talking
with Tolkien , interview with "The World and Everything in It"
podcast, August 8, 2023.
Interview
on the John & Kathy Show , WORD FM, Pittsburgh, PA, (I am a
monthly guest on the John & Kathy show, joining them on the first
Tuesday of each month around 4:40PM).
"Shaping a Digital World", Evidence and Answers radio show with
Dr. Patrick Zukeran, Part
1 (June 2, 2023) and Part
2 (June 5, 2023).
Will
There be Computers in Heaven? , Beatrice Institute Podcast, May 11,
2022.
ChatGPT
and the rise of AI with Derek Schuurman , Christianity for the
Everyday podcast, The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in
Cambridge, England, May 5, 2023.
A
conversation about developing responsible technology , Digital Public
Square podcast, April 18, 2022.
Faith
and Engineering an interview with the Kuyers Institute podcast,
October 27, 2021.
A
conversation on computer science and faith , WeeklyTech podcast with
Jason Thacker, February 8, 2021.
The Challenge of
Transhumanism , talk presented at the 2019 ASA Conference, Wheaton
College, July 20, 2019.
Is distracting technology damaging our capacity for
concentration and contemplation? , The Evangelical Fellowship of
Canada Podcast, January 2019
Discerning a Christian Response to AI , Christian
Perspectives in Science Seminar, Calvin College, November 30, 2018.
Artificial
Intelligence: Discerning a Christian Response , CSCA 2018 conference
talk, Trinity Western University, May 2018.
A radio interview on "Karl and June" broadcast
February 27, 2015 on Moody Radio, 90.1 FM in Chicago.
An interview broadcast on January 31, 2014 on WORD FM
in Pittsburgh.
An interview (part 1 and part 2 ) with KSIV St. Louis, MO, "Encounter"
broadcast August 21, 2013. (note: this is made available on the
condition that it may not be sold in any part for profit).
A radio interview broadcast on July 9, 2013 on WLQV
Faith Talk 1500 in Detroit.
Published Written Interviews
Seeking
Shalom through AI , interview with CRCNA News, August 14, 2024.
On
Using Artificial Intelligence in Church , interview with Joan
Huyser-Honig for the Calvin Institute for Christian Worship, July 18,
2024.
Cyber-Tolkiens?
Kuyper-bots? Christian computer scientists weigh the up and downsides of
artificial intelligence , World, July 27, 2023.
AI&Faith
Interview with Derek Schuurman , AI&Faith Newsletter, May 26,
2023.