finding problems that AI might solve. They then help the organization understand how to use an existing AI tool or build a custom solution and offer to maintain it as long as needed. While Perry acknowledges AI is not the answer to all of the problems they find, Ruper Labs’ services help businesses discover the right ways to use AI: to serve people, not replace them. ORME SOLUTIONS: AUTOMATING BUSINESS PROCESSES Daniel Ormsbee launched a similar business, Orme Solutions, from a different perspective — one focused on systems analysis. He also sees strengths and weaknesses with AI and suggests we view it as a form of automation. “AI is just a new tool that’s really good at processing information in the digital realm,” Ormsbee said. “You specify the goal, you specify the rules, and then you specify the steps in the workflow it needs to do, then it is able to execute that.” So what does it not do well? “It’s not good at planning for a specific goal,” Ormsbee added. “It won’t build what I want unless I give it a very detailed plan of how to do that.” AI has not replaced critical thinking. It needs direction. Ruper Labs and Orme Solutions are helping companies understand how to give AI the right direction to meet their needs. FIGHTING FOR THE IMAGO DEI The Hustle House members are not only evaluating AI’s strengths and weaknesses for the workplace; they are also wrestling with how faith should influence our use of AI in general. “We need a biblically grounded philosophy of what makes human interactions valuable and what makes humanity valuable,” Ormsbee said. Much of Christendom is wrestling with the same thing. Trevin Wax, visiting professor at Cedarville, summed up that concern in an article for the Gospel Coalition last year: “What captures my attention is a deeper anthropological question: not ‘What will AI do?’ but ‘What will AI do to us?’ Wax’s main concern is that we will exchange relationships with others for the ease and efficiency of AI. The men of The Hustle House share those fears. Hochstedler sees this use as dangerous. “We need to be very clear that it’s not a person, that it shouldn't be treated like a person.” Ormsbee emphasized that while we can use AI for a lot of things, it does not mean we should, especially when it comes to human relationships and creativity. “When we look at the Imago Dei, what is beautiful about human civilization? It’s relationships. Anything that AI is doing that goes against that, I think, is unwise and improper.” Entrepreneurs for Christ and The Hustle House members are fighting for biblical community. That kind of leadership does not come naturally. It has to be cultivated. “Cedarville provides you with tons of leadership opportunities,” Ormsbee said. “And leadership is made by leading. Being put in that situation and navigating it.” Christians need strong leadership on AI, both in the business world and elsewhere. If EFC and The Hustle House are any indication, that leadership will come from Cedarville graduates. Nicholas Carrington ’10 serves as Associate Professor of Communication. He earned his PhD in technical communication and rhetoric from Texas Tech University. The Hustle House members are not only evaluating AI’s strengths and weaknesses for the workplace; they are also wrestling with how faith should influence our use of AI in general. 25
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