Jason Thacker @jasonthacker Jason Thacker serves as creative director and associate research fellow at ERLC. In his role as creative director, he oversees all creative projects including design, video, web, audio, and print media. His new book, The Age of AI: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, releases March 2020 with Zondervan. He writes and speaks on topics including human dignity, technology, and artificial intelligence. He is a graduate of The University of Tennessee and Southern Seminary. He is married to Dorie and they have two sons. Jason Thacker's Resources Technology E-Book Technology & The Future by Jason Thacker As Christians, we must think about how we interact with technology and pursue wisdom above all. Though these tools are not good or evil in and of themselves, the way we choose to use them can be. This booklet by... Continue... Parenting Book Review Book review: Being Dad: Father as a Picture of God’s Grace by Jason Thacker I am a father of two young sons. Being a dad to them is challenging yet infinitely rewarding. I can’t imagine life without them. They bring our family so much joy. Though I fail often as a dad, I’m reminded... Continue... Technology Article Why artificial intelligence can be a threat to human dignity by Jason Thacker About a month ago, Google announced a groundbreaking technology that it hopes will revolutionize the way humans interact with computers. Google Duplex was debuted at the Google I/O Developer Conference on May 8th in Mountain View, California. Duplex is a... Continue... Technology Article The future is here: Artificial Intelligence and the changing workforce by Jason Thacker George Jetson and his family lived in a future with flying cars, a household robot, and other high-tech luxuries. The Jetsons originally premiered in 1962 as a sci-fi fantasy cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and relaunched in the late ’80s. The... Continue... Technology Article Why driverless cars (and other tech advances) benefit society by Jason Thacker You might see a new way of driving hit the streets of California in April. Last week, California became the first state to allow driverless cars the freedom to be on state roads without a human safety driver. In the... Continue... Racial Reconciliation Article Emmett Till and empathy: Reflections on my visit to the African-American History Museum by Jason Thacker "I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby." - Mamie Till-Mobley Wrapped in a bronze-colored metal lattice, with a structure fashioned after the three-tiered crowns used in Yoruban art from West Africa, the National Museum of... Continue... Technology Article What is Artificial Intelligence? by Jason Thacker “I can’t help you with that right now. But I am always learning” My family has a digital assistant working in our home that is incredibly smart, never takes a break, and never complains about its job. Recently, we purchased... Continue... Culture Article What Google knows about being human by Jason Thacker Josh Wester In our digital age, one thing that seems to mark the conclusion of every year is the abundance of “best of” lists making the rounds on the internet. These lists chronicle everything from the best books of the year, to... Continue... Work Light Magazine Issue Work - Winter 2017 by Chelsen Vicari Jason Thacker Russell Moore Paul Akin Carolyn McCulley Justin Lonas Chris Brooks Lore Ferguson Wilbert Volume 3, Issue 2 - Russell Moore explains why teaching our kids to work is a vital part of parenting. Jason Thacker explores the rise of automation and its effects on the ever-changing job force. Justin Lonas looks at the... Continue... Religious Liberty Article Why religious liberty matters for creativity by Jason Thacker A few years ago, I was working in the creative office of my alma mater. I heard our creative director say something that struck me. “You know that they can fire us, right?” He was referring to the business we... Continue... « 1 2 3 4 »