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Things Jesus taught – annie’s blog

As I witness the rise of Christianese in our political culture — specifically, as I witness the use of Christian terminology to defend illegal, inhumane, and immoral behaviors — I feel that we all need a mini-refresher course on the actual teachings of Jesus.

I come from a family of preachers. I have read and studied the bible deeply. This includes many of the non-canonical gospels, early christian writings, and scholarship of historical accounts of Jesus written by those in or near his lifetime…

This is an important reminder

Trust. Reputation. Relationships. The real drivers of success and sustainability for any company or organization (or individual) won’t appear on a balance sheet. Ignoring any of these will have a direct and decisive impact on your profit and loss. Intangibles are the real expenses and receivables.

Prediction: Soon, there will be schools from elementary to college whose selling point will be not using computers, let alone AI, in the curriculum.

They will have long waiting lists.

AI: How/Why I Use It | Mike Doughty on Patreon

We can do something with AI right now that we won’t be able to do in 10 years—or rather we can get something from AI: the truly uncanny.

As AI develops, that hair-raising freakishness will get refined out. And it’ll just be boring.

Another way to think about AI as an artist. Pairs well with some of Robin Sloan’s thinking in his last zine.

I really am not trying to be a Yay for AI Bro here. I just believe the thinking needs to beyond the binary.

It’s a tool. It’s here. It’s not going away… Now what?

(via Garrick)