AI, Christianity and the Future is an educational project of Financial Risk Management, LLC, providing resources on understanding AI from a Christian perspective and its implications for the future. Core project efforts include:
An Evening Exploring AI From a Christian Perspective
Join us at Emmanuel Baptist Church for an engaging evening with Professor Jackey
Gong as we explore artificial intelligence from a distinctly Christian perspective.
As both a leading AI researcher and a campus minister, Jackey is uniquely equipped
to help us think carefully, biblically, and hopefully about one of the most
important technologies shaping our world. His talk, “The Fingerprints of God Revealed
by AI,” will consider how AI raises deep questions about creativity, human uniqueness,
wisdom, and the glory of God.
October 1, 2026
6:30-9:00pm
Emmanuel Baptist Church
4612 Rice Mine Road NE
Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
Please direct all correspondence to:
rbrooks@AIChristianityFuture.com
Jiaqi “Jackey” Gong, PhD, is the founding director of the Alabama Center for the
Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and an associate professor of computer
science at The University of Alabama. He also holds an adjunct appointment in
mechanical engineering and leads the Sensor-Accelerated Intelligent Learning (SAIL)
Laboratory.
Jackey’s teaching and research focus on the convergence of human and artificial
intelligence, including human-centered computing, machine learning, intelligent
sensing, wearable technologies, and smart and connected health. His interdisciplinary
work seeks practical applications in health, education, engineering, and public service.
Alongside his academic work, Jackey serves as campus minister for the Tuscaloosa
Chinese Christian Fellowship. Together with Robert E. Brooks, he is developing AI,
Christianity, and the Future, an educational and publishing initiative designed to
help churches, schools, families, and marketplace leaders engage artificial intelligence
with technical understanding, biblical wisdom, ethical discernment, and confidence
in the sovereignty of God.
Please direct all correspondence to: rbrooks@AIChristianityFuture.com
PhD in Engineering, 2010
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
BSc in Engineering, 2004
China University of Geoscience
Robert E. Brooks, PhD, CFA, is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the University of Alabama
and the President of Financial Risk Management, LLC, a financial risk management
consulting firm focused on market risks. Brooks has retired from a 37-year career
as a finance professor focused on investments, primarily issues related to financial
risk management. For more information:
https://robertebrooks.org/ (General information)
https://thewayofcapital.com/ (Project focused on a biblical framework for finance)
https://robertebrooks.substack.com/ (Free weekly Substack essays)
https://briqnewsletter.com (Free quarterly analysis of the BRI public funds market)
Professor Brooks is providing supporting services for the AI, Christianity and the Future project.
PhD in Finance, University of Florida (1986)
BSc in Finance, Florida State University (1981)
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