Northwell Health 2023 Clergy Summit with Peter Bowden
"Promoting Spiritual Health in Faith Communities in a Digital Age"
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Dear 2023 Clergy Summit friends, it was fantastic to spend the day with you!
On this page you may find follow-up materials from our session including links, videos, and related resources.
In cooperation,
Peter Bowden 😃
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This is the video demo I shared of the platform Topia and my Topia space. Topia features proximity-based video chat which can be used to replicate a range of experiences similar to being in physical space.
A newer and more affordable alternative is KUMO SPACE. Note that I still use Topia because I locked in a lower rate when it first launched.
Explore Kumo SpaceReflection Questions
The following questions were used during our table group reflection and discussion sessions.
Part 1: Reflecting on the pandemic through to today
- What have been the most significant changes for you?
- How have these impacted your work, the spiritual care you offer, and the communities you serve?
Part 3: Looking to the Future
- Given the challenges facing our communities, including those created by technology, what are the ongoing and emerging spiritual care needs?
- What might our communities need from us as leaders?
- How might we be of service?
ChatGPT AI Demo #1
As we gathered back from lunch I shared a demo of Open AI's ChatGPT tool. In this pre-recorded demo, I used it to help plan a city wide community group effort.
Want to read the text of this chat? Click below:
Read Text via Chat GPTGenerative AI Demo
We continued our artificial intelligence demo with a look at "Generative A.I." and the ability to produce media from text prompts.
I asked Clergy Summit for several items to include in an image forming this prompt:
Make a photo of community clergy gathered studying a giant digital brain floating over their lunch buffet. Super heroes are flying in the air. There is an avalanche of apples.
Here's what Open AI's DALLE-3 generated:
Will AI lead to a Utopia or Dystopia?
Driving home from the Clergy Summit I listened to the book Scary Smart by Mo Gawdat. In it, he reiterates the point I made that we need to be hosting conversations on AI, ethics, and the world we want to create.
Who better to help than religious leaders!
Hosting these conversations is a great opportunity to lead, build community, and be of service to your community.
How AI transforms our world is becoming the greatest justice issue we have ever faced and is now one of my top priorities. I'll be sharing more resources on this via my email list for congregations.
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