People are turning to artificial intelligence for a seemingly unending variety of reasons. Many ask AI what to cook for dinner or how to develop a workout plan. Some even rely on AI to create school handouts or revise a…
Founding Fathers change their minds, lose their fingers in AI videos
The Founding Fathers have returned from the dead to speak once again, thanks to AI-generated videos, and their views on current events seem to align with the views of their creators. A video posted by President Donald Trump shows George…
This is not your tech oligarchs’ AI apocalypse
This week has offered up another round of predictions about the coming AI apocalypse. A former Anthropic researcher made news by publicly resigning his post and sounding the alarm, warning that some of the people building the next generation of…
What are the odds you should worry about AI?
A man resigned from his job last week, and the reason he gave should be read slowly. Jacob Coxon spent three years doing research at two of the companies building the most advanced artificial intelligence in the world. When he…
How much privacy should you expect at church?
Imagine a world where high-control pastors could monitor the movements of every staff member, church member or visitor using the power of artificial intelligence. This is the sacralized dystopia being created at Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, Texas. Of course, the…
The Questions ChatGPT Can’t Answer
Bryon Hand, an Atlanta-based Christian tech worker, was laid off last December from the payment platform Cash App. At that point, he had been working there for more than two years, first leading a design team and then switching to…
AI slop: Do you know who wrote that book?
Three years ago, in June 2023, I was scrolling through the Amazon Kindle bestseller list. All the regular, normal, to-be-expected titles were at the top. But as I kept scrolling, the books began to change. Gone were the big names…
AI expands the propaganda against Talarico
Whenever someone has stood for honesty and just change on the basis of fact, inevitably someone will come along to oppose them on the grounds that something is lacking in their innate qualities as a person rather than the rightful…
Paris Hilton and AOC work to fight AI sexual deepfakes
Millionaire and superstar Paris Hilton has paired with congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to fight sexual deepfakes generated by AI with a piece of legislation called the DEFIANCE Act. The act, which stands for the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits…
Building the new world: Pope Leo, ZekeUltra and AI
New York issued the nation’s first statewide moratorium on data center construction. This is the loudest note in a growing chorus of voices demanding accountability from government and industry. Two wildly different voices have reached for the same ancient image. Pope Leo…
Whether in death or life, McConnell ignites debates about AI
Is Mitch McConnell alive? You’d think it would not be so terribly difficult to ascertain the continued existence of one of the most powerful people in American politics. However, McConnell’s prolonged, unexplained absence from the U.S. Senate followed by reluctant…
How classical education can be an antidote to AI
In his 1939 essay “Learning in Wartime,” C.S. Lewis posed the question of whether it was still worthwhile to study while one’s country was at war. His audience was full of young men with a sense of foreboding for the…