This paper compares Reformed theological reflection on God's knowledge with the use of artificial intelligence. Drawing on key Reformed sources, it emphasizes that divine knowledge is covenantally ordered and inseparable from God's providential governance. Artificial intelligence, by contrast, operates through data, statistical inference, and algorithms. The paper argues that (1) A Reformed view of divine knowledge offers a framework for critically assessing accounts of intelligence that equate knowledge with data processing. (2) The relationship between knowledge and providential governance provides a helpful analogy for underscoring the need for accountability in the use of AI tools. (3) The unique character of divine omniscience resists the mythologizing of AI by maintaining a qualitative distinction between uncreated knowledge and all created forms of intelligence.
AI will always reflect the finitude and moral limitations of its human creators, making uncritical trust in AI both epistemically and ethically dangerous. Psalm 139 confesses that the LORD discerns our thoughts from afar. Divine omniscience is inherently relational, whereas the tools of artificial intelligence—though they may be used with discernment—remain strictly instrumental.
This is obviously intended for section V Scripture, Theology, and the Advent of AI