John Dyer, PhD

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worship.ai – What an Artificial Intelligence Lyric Generator Teaches Us about Image Bearing

By John Dyer on March 6, 2020March 8, 2020

This tool generates song lyrics using artificial intelligence. But more than that, if offers us a clear example of how our tools reflect our values and how we can choose to reflect the values of our maker. … Continue readingworship.ai – What an Artificial Intelligence Lyric Generator Teaches Us about Image Bearing

Bible Reading Plan Generator

By John Dyer on January 1, 2020March 5, 2020

Happy New Year! I didn’t a chance to post here in 2019, so I’m starting off 2020 with an update to a “Bible Reading Plan Generator” tool I built aContinue readingBible Reading Plan Generator

Mapping Technology and Faith with FaithTech

By John Dyer on August 16, 2018March 5, 2020

For the last decade or so, I’ve been introduced to lots of wonderful people who have started websites and groups devoted to the space of technology and faith. Unfortunately, it’sContinue readingMapping Technology and Faith with FaithTech

Does Face-to-Face Education Damage Seminary Students?

By John Dyer on January 12, 2018March 5, 2020

The Campus Experience Recently a student from a previous semester sent me an email saying, “A course I’m taking this semester is confusing me. Could we have coffee and talkContinue readingDoes Face-to-Face Education Damage Seminary Students?

Lying to Machines: How Apple’s New “Do Not Disturb While Driving” Feature Will Shape Your Soul

By John Dyer on September 20, 2017March 5, 2020

Over the past few months, I’ve been testing out the beta version of iOS 11 on my iPhone, and I’ve found myself doing something very disturbing – I regularly tellContinue readingLying to Machines: How Apple’s New “Do Not Disturb While Driving” Feature Will Shape Your Soul

Export Stills from Adobe Premiere Pro using JavaScript

By John Dyer on April 13, 2017March 6, 2020

Most of the products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications have a scripting API that allows you to write JavaScript to automate tasks like moving layers around, addingContinue readingExport Stills from Adobe Premiere Pro using JavaScript

Writing Worship Music with AI – Recurrent Neural Networks

By John Dyer on April 4, 2017March 5, 2020

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been toying around with a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) called a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN). Since they’ve already been used to cooking recipes,Continue readingWriting Worship Music with AI – Recurrent Neural Networks

Little House in the Prairie on Technology Dependence

By John Dyer on March 23, 2017March 5, 2020

I recently had the chance to speak down at the lovely Christ Church of Austin, TX. Afterward one of the attendees sent this to me this great little moment fromContinue readingLittle House in the Prairie on Technology Dependence

Secure Your Online Life with the Bible (and Good Security Practices)

By John Dyer on January 10, 2017March 5, 2020

The New Year is a great time to take inventory of your online security setup. We can’t control the (now commonplace) security breaches at companies that hold our data, butContinue readingSecure Your Online Life with the Bible (and Good Security Practices)

Technelogia, the Virtualization of Culture, and the Theology of Artificial Intelligence (Videos)

By John Dyer on November 4, 2016March 5, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of delivering a series of lectures on technology for Dallas Theological Seminary‘s Arts Week. Arts week is one of my favorite timesContinue readingTechnelogia, the Virtualization of Culture, and the Theology of Artificial Intelligence (Videos)