What Is Mine to Do?
AI is everywhere—and increasingly, it can do things we once thought were uniquely human. It can write, create images and music, answer questions, organize our thoughts, and even act autonomously on our behalf.
But as Catholics, perhaps the most important question isn't simply “What can AI do?” It's “What is using AI doing to us?”
In this episode of Creative Catholics, Alex wrestles with the temptation to let AI remove the difficult, frustrating, and sometimes beautiful parts of being human. She reflects on creativity, prayer, work, responsibility, and what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God.
Drawing on Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas, the Tower of Babel, Genesis, St. John Paul II, St. Augustine, and the lives of the saints, Alex explores why human creativity is about far more than producing an impressive finished product.
In this episode, we explore:
Why AI can be useful while still presenting a spiritual temptation
The difference between asking “What can AI do for me?” and “What is AI doing to me?”
Why human creativity is about participation, not simply production
What we lose when we outsource our thinking and creative decisions
Why the blank page, writer's block, and creative struggle might actually be good for us
How AI can tempt us to choose convenience over formation
The difference between an ordinary tool and an AI agent that can act toward a goal
The Christian question of responsibility when technology acts on our behalf
The Tower of Babel and the question: What kind of world are we building?
Practical personal rules for using AI without allowing it to replace prayer, communication, thinking, learning, or creativity
Why our limitations, relationships, memories, suffering, and experiences are part of what makes our creativity human
The question Alex wants to carry forward: “What is mine to do?”
A question to take with you
Rather than simply asking whether you should or shouldn't use AI, consider:
What am I using AI for?
What am I allowing it to replace?
And what kind of person am I becoming because of the way I use it?
Because we're not machines. We're human beings—made in the image of God, called to create, love, work, pray, and become saints.
Mentioned in this episode
Pope Leo XIV — Magnifica Humanitas
The Tower of Babel
Genesis and the creation account
St. Augustine
St. John Paul II
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Teresa of Ávila
St. Edith Stein
The Parable of the Talents
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Sponsors/Links
Intro/outro music by Marie Miller
This episode is sponsored by Riverside
