Ethical and Theological Challenges of Large Language Models

In this article we discuss the ethical and theological challenges related to artificial intelligence, especially in the area of large-scale language models. In the second section, we briefly introduce what large language models are and their development. In the third section, we discuss the ethical challenges of these models. I also touch on existing ethical guidelines and highlight to what extent they address these challenges at all. In the fourth section, we highlight the theological challenges raised by these models. These are closely linked to ethical considerations. In conclusion, we give some reflections on language related technologies in our imagination and further development of large-scale linguistic models, including the changes that such a development might bring about.