I know very little, almost nothing, about AI. But years ago Walt Kelly drew a famous Pogo strip where Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." I feel like I've pretty well given up on politics to make a better world for us. This might be a copout but more and more I'm feeling like local churches (and maybe "church-like" gathering…
I know very little, almost nothing, about AI. But years ago Walt Kelly drew a famous Pogo strip where Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." I feel like I've pretty well given up on politics to make a better world for us. This might be a copout but more and more I'm feeling like local churches (and maybe "church-like" gatherings) are where my hope lies. I know churches can be full of problematic people. But I feel like it's local gatherings of people who commit to growing in love and service toward each other and their community that are going to be the difference makers. It's like your breaker panel metaphor. I don't think we're really suited to many huge solutions, although I don't discredit big solutions that have been effective. I think what we can really do is not necessarily love all people-kind but the people we most come in contact with. That's hard enough. I don't trust us to handle AI well, but I don't know what I can do to preempt it's incursion into our world. What I do think is POSSIBLE is for me to get better and better at loving my neighbor.
I know very little, almost nothing, about AI. But years ago Walt Kelly drew a famous Pogo strip where Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." I feel like I've pretty well given up on politics to make a better world for us. This might be a copout but more and more I'm feeling like local churches (and maybe "church-like" gatherings) are where my hope lies. I know churches can be full of problematic people. But I feel like it's local gatherings of people who commit to growing in love and service toward each other and their community that are going to be the difference makers. It's like your breaker panel metaphor. I don't think we're really suited to many huge solutions, although I don't discredit big solutions that have been effective. I think what we can really do is not necessarily love all people-kind but the people we most come in contact with. That's hard enough. I don't trust us to handle AI well, but I don't know what I can do to preempt it's incursion into our world. What I do think is POSSIBLE is for me to get better and better at loving my neighbor.
Excellent point. Thank you for this.