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Spirituality

Everyone Has A Story

Podcasting has allowed me to bring some fascinating stories to light. I’m naturally curious, so finding out about people and what drives them is a natural fit.

There have been a few people who turned me down to come on the show. They have an inspiring story to tell, but their shyness got the best of them. That’s okay. My life is better because I know their story even though they choose to keep it private.

In today’s culture, people have decided to be defined by their politics. We are way more than our political beliefs. People want to make a difference, but shoutout others down isn’t the way to do it. This type of behavior drives people away.

My encouragement to you is to listen to inspiring stories through podcasts. People tell it in their own words. Great stories will be preserved forever through digital technology. And that’s a good thing…

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Man vs. Machine

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a complex combination of mathematics, philosophy, neuroscience and computer science. It seems the world is just now waking up to what AI is, but its roots go all the way back to the time of Aristotle and Plato.

Early iterations of AI were rules-based. For example, if this happens then this must happen. There’s no real intelligence in that because it offered predicable outcomes to the machine. As AI has evolved through very powerful GPUs, its ability to think has evolved with this technology. As impressive as AI is nowadays, it still has limitations.

Using AI as a search engine is preferable to Google because it doesn’t carry biases like Google does. Research should be as neutral as possible so the learner can use human intelligence to think for themselves. No matter how great AI becomes, it cannot replace the human brain, the most powerful supercomputer God gifted us.

There are AI-generated companions available. This is sad to me. We live in the most connected era ever, but loneliness has reached epidemic levels. These AI “friends” are dangerous. Artificial Intelligence doesn’t always align with human values.

My encouragement to you is to use perspective when putting AI to work. It can never replace individual thought and reasoning. You have a history which helped formulate your beliefs that AI can never have. Be judicious, which requires human thought…

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Simpler Times

Sometimes I hear people say they long for an earlier time when life was simpler. But was life really easier?

Technology has sped up the pace of life so we can accomplish more each day. We text rather than call. Email instead of writing letters. We don’t even have to walk over to the television to change the channel anymore!

One thing that hasn’t changed is the need for human connection. We are hardwired to have relationships. There is no technology that replaces a connection…

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