Talks and Interviews

Prof. Schuurman is available to speak to groups as time allows. He was selected as the ACMS Brabenec Lecturer for 2023-2024.

The following includes links to video interviews and talks, chapel reflections, podcasts and audio recordings, and text interviews that have been posted online.

Talks and Discussions (video links)

• 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

• 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

• 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.