AI Governing Principles
The CES AI Governing Principles promote the responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence across the CES Institutions:
Integrity
Promote spiritual, educational, & ethical values and objectives in positive and helpful ways.
Support and not supplant the connection between God and His children.
Ensure quality and consistency by prioritizing data quality and applying standardized processes.
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Data Protection
Safeguard information.
Embed security, privacy, data governance, and data retention.
Prevent and mitigate risk.
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Transparency
Be honest and open.
Provide clear information to users when AI is in use.
Provide attribution when content is created with AI and authenticity, accuracy, or authorship of the content could be misunderstood.
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Accountability
Adhere to policies, standards, procedures and applicable laws.
Be responsible for how we use AI.
Regularly test and review outputs to ensure accuracy, truthfulness, and compliance.
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Innovation & Enablement
Evaluate courses and programs for AI relevance.
Equip students, faculty, and staff with essential and transferrable skills.
Responsibly evaluate and test technologies and platforms.
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AI Value Statements
The AI Value Statements are the foundational beliefs from which the CES AI Governing Principles are extracted and built upon:
Technology Advancements are Part of the Lord Hastening His work
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Maintain Integrity and Strengthen Accountability
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Teaching and Learning Guided by the Spirit
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There are No Shortcuts to Achieving Excellence
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Increase the Spiritual Capacity to Receive Revelation
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Forward Thinking, Future Planning, Institutional Initiative
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Implementation Layers
The CES AI Governing Principles are embedded across Implementation Layers throughout the CES Institutions, systems, and projects:
People
- Human + AI Collaboration
- Moral Agents
- AI Committees & Cross-Disciplinary Partnership
“…we can commit together to ensure AI’s moral compass is not dictated solely by technology or the small group developing the technology. A united effort encompassing faith-based, civic, and technology leaders is needed to champion safe and responsible, human-centric AI."
- Elder Gerrit W. Gong (July 2025)
Practices
- Human-Centered
- Minimize Risk
- Scalable
- Ethical & Compliant
“As we enter uncharted technological and ethical territory, we need especially now to align AI’s pervasive exponential reach with enduring faith-based ethical principles and moral values.”
- Elder Gerrit W. Gong (July 2025)
Processes
- Forward-Thinking
- Future Planning
- Thoughtful Integration
- Accountability and Integrity Infused
“As we make AI tools uplifting across text, voice, music, images, and video, let us also establish processes that identify, monitor, generate, and guarantee our best human outcomes in the AI systems we build.”
- Elder Gerrit W. Gong (July 2025)
Policies
- Risk Management (Reviews, TPRM, Assessments) & Governance Frameworks
- AI Regulations & Enforcements
- Guidelines, Standards, Acceptable Use Policies, Academic Integrity, etc.
- Adaptability & Evolution
“The righteous possibilities of this amazing technological tool can be realized only if we are aware of and guard against its perils.”
- Elder David A. Bednar (Nov 2024)
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We have AI Value Statements from which we draw CES AI Governing Principles, and we embed them across Implementation Layers. Through these, we maintain safe and responsible AI use for CES now and in the future.
