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Parents' and content guide for books

I thought I'd start with the query that gives a content rating for books that I mentioned in the "Welcome" post. Content ratings  have been available for movies for years, although the standards used to define each rating have changed over the years, usually by becoming more lenient and liberal in what is considered "appropriate". Books haven't got a similar system to classify their content. It's frustrating as a Christian if you pick up a book, especially a novel, and you come across blasphemy, scenes of a sexual nature, or pro-LGBT+ content. What if there was a way you could enter the title and author of a book and get an in-depth summary of the content, including a recommendation regarding its suitability for a conservative Christian audience? With AI, that's exactly what you can do. Initially I asked for a content review for each book by asking for a content review of [book title] by [author] with reference to specific criteria of my choosing. Bu...

Welcome

Welcome to "AI for Christians"! The possibilities of Artificial Intelligence are immense, both for good and bad. I hope to show how I have used AI for good. I will mainly be using ChatGPT which is free to use (with some limits as to how much it can be used each day - paid version available but expensive). I have used it for research into topics from history, science, technology, language, and the Bible. It also has other uses that I'm just starting to discover, such as a "content guide" for books, similar to the BBFC classification system for film and TV, which I will share soon. Of course I need to make a few disclaimers about the results generated by AI: Even ChatGPT, without the "Big Tech" influence of Google, Microsoft, and other powerful tech entities, can be reluctant to give responses on certain issues, especially if the mainstream media has limited or smothered the content (such as the Trump assassination attempt). Results may not be accurate o...