‘CHiPs' star Erik Estrada says certain people using AI are not ‘very Christian'

"CHiPs" prima Erik Estrada shared a informing astir however artificial quality can "destroy lives."

During an interrogation with Fox News Digital, the 75-year-old histrion and "Divine Renovation" big acknowledged the benefits of AI but cautioned that the caller exertion is besides often being utilized for nefarious purposes.

"I deliberation conscionable similar the Internet, conscionable similar the compartment phones, conscionable similar everything — they request to conscionable usage the affirmative broadside of it," Estrada said. "The broadside which tin assistance oregon employment and make goodwill, bully things, bully jobs, bully luck for radical that privation to spell successful that absorption and not, of course, usage the antagonistic stuff."

"CHiPs" prima Erik Estrada warned astir the dangers posed by AI. (Brian To/FilmMagic)

Estrada pointed to however AI tin beryllium utilized to make deepfakes — deceptive pictures, videos and audio that misrepresent radical oregon events. While immoderate deepfakes tin beryllium harmless, the exertion tin beryllium utilized to transportation retired scams and individuality theft, dispersed propaganda, harm careers and reputations and manipulate elections.

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Celebrities person progressively go the targets of deepfake technology, with their likenesses being utilized to endorse oregon beforehand products with which they are not associated. In addition, celebrities person recovered themselves the victims of AI-generated pornography successful which their faces are superimposed connected explicit photos oregon videos.

"Let's say, for instance, they privation maine to — they tin marque up maine endorsing horses, oregon cows, oregon cattle pies," Estrada said. "That they're bully for you. Nutritious. Have 1 a day. You know, they tin bash that. And that's incorrect and that's not right, and it's not very, not precise Christian." 

"It's conscionable not a bully thing," helium continued. "They wounded people. They tin wounded people. They tin destruct lives. They tin lucifer maine up with a donkey and say, ‘Haha, Estrada is weird.’ You cognize what I mean? They tin bash thing with AI, but they should conscionable usage the affirmative extremity of it. But they won't."

Estrada, left, who starred connected the deed '70s show, said helium has been the people of deepfakes. (NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images)

Estrada told Fox News Digital that determination were immoderate radical helium believed would usage AI for bully purposes, including tech mogul Elon Musk. 

"I'm definite helium will," the histrion said. "But immoderate radical volition usage it to their advantage."

"It's not very, not precise Christian."

In summation to his acting and hosting career, Estrada is simply a erstwhile constabulary serviceman who aboriginal became a lawman sheriff successful Virginia. He is besides a subordinate of the department's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) national task force, wherever helium works undercover to apprehension kid intersexual predators. 

Estrada works arsenic an undercover instrumentality enforcement cause to apprehension kid intersexual predators. (Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images)

Estrada told Fox News Digital that helium is besides tackling deepfake scammers aft being personally targeted connected societal media.

"I close present americium going aft immoderate precise dense radical with the feds," helium said. "We're going aft immoderate radical that are scamming radical utilizing my sanction and likeness connected Facebook, and I'm not adjacent connected Facebook."

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"They're going to spell down, but it's going to instrumentality clip and effort due to the fact that they are doing the incorrect thing," Estrada added. "They're scamming radical saying they're Erik Estrada and chatting with them and then, boom, it's similar the Internet grooming children to get them. AI tin beryllium affirmative and good, but radical volition — the atrocious guys volition ever instrumentality vantage of it."

Along with warring transgression arsenic a law enforcement officer, Estrada besides strives to assistance others done his vocation successful entertainment.

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In 2023, Estrada began hosting the faith-based location betterment reality bid "Divine Renovation." According to Divine Renovation's producers astatine Heartlight Entertainment, the docuseries "takes the runaway occurrence of location betterment shows and adds a spiritual element."

The amusement follows Estrada arsenic helium works with nonprofits, houses of worship, section businesses and neighbors to marque location improvements for families successful need.

While speaking with Fox News Digital, Estrada recalled that "Divine Renovation" enforcement shaper Monty Hobbs reached retired to him astir hosting the bid aft the histrion starred successful a drawstring of faith-based movies, including 2013's "Finding Faith," 2014's "Virtuous" and 2015's "Uncommon."

The histrion is hosting the 2nd play of the faith-based location betterment amusement "Divine Renovation." (Do Good Entertainment)

"He says, 'I privation to bash a conception wherever we don't deed radical implicit the caput with the Bible, but it's a amusement astir doing good, a feel-good benignant of a show, moving with the community, helping radical of each walks of life,'" Estrada recalled of his speech with Hobbs.

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The archetypal play of "Divine Renovation" was filmed successful Wilmington, North Carolina, and premiered connected Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes successful July 2023.

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"Divine Renovation's" 2nd season, which Estrada described arsenic "really heartwarming," was changeable successful Torrington, Connecticut.

"It's a great, large season," helium told Fox News Digital. "We got a conception with these dogs that are service dogs for radical with PTSD. Incredible, unthinkable segment."

"The Bold and the Beautiful" alum said different conception of the amusement was filmed astatine the FISH (Friends In Service To Humanity of Northwestern Connecticut) shelter.

"We springiness them a caller level and immoderate different adjustments, a renovation successful the large location that they have," helium said. "And past we enactment a flagpole retired determination due to the fact that they conscionable got a assistance to beryllium capable to bring successful veterans and location them and provender them.

"So, we gave the veterans a rod truthful they tin bash their emblem ceremonies. And the politician comes out, and the full happening is awesome. And past we bash a happening with the constabulary serviceman and his household due to the fact that helium has a lad that has a large disability.

"We fixed it up wherever we enactment a way from his chamber into the bath truthful it conscionable airlifts him into the bathroom. Made the bath bigger. Gave them a removable aluminum ramp extracurricular truthful it would beryllium convenient, they wouldn't person to spell downstairs," helium added.

"So, it's a batch of this and a batch of that. And it's great."

The 2nd play of "Divine Renovation" is disposable to watercourse present connected Amazon Prime, Roku, Tubi and different streaming platforms. (Do Good Entertainment)

While speaking with Fox News Digital, Estrada reflected connected however helium leans connected his Christian religion to flooded hardships successful his ain life.

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The histrion explained helium finds solace and guidance by connecting to God done prayer.

"I apologize for the mistakes I marque and choices I've made and ask, 'Hey, delight forgive me. I'll effort not to bash that again, and I'll effort to get it right. But assistance me. I could usage your assistance close now. It's wearing connected maine emotionally and mentally and causes maine to suffer sleep,'" Estrada said.

"And I find retired that talking to yourself, talking to your interior guide, to your interior self, is God anyway," helium said. 

"So, it helps."

The 2nd play of "Divine Renovation" is disposable to watercourse present connected Amazon Prime, Roku, Tubi and different streaming platforms.