Could AI Kill Us All By the End of the Decade?

An Anthropic researcher just quit and sounded the alarm that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to kill us by the end of the decade.

"By the end of the decade?"

Has Al Gore returned to his ways of predicting the end of all things by a certain date, with a book to sell?

No.

Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from Anthropic Tuesday in a chain of posts on X, saying he had spent the past three years conducting pre-training research at the two AI giants.

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From Facts to Feelings in One Generation

A while back, I read an article in which a child psychologist told a story about meeting some kids at a conference who were "transitioning."

As he began talking with them, he asked how they recognized that they were transgender.

He then entered their responses into two categories

One group said it was the result of classroom discussions, indoctrination, and teaching materials.

The other group said they were influenced toward transgendering by children's television programs. 

Then, the psychologist said there was this one kid who said he had noticed that his friends who were transitioning got a lot more attention than straight kids, so he just decided to join them. 

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A Seared Conscience and its Consequences

Last Friday, the Associated Press reported that the judge in the Lindsay Clancy case declared a mistrial after the 12 jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether the Massachusetts mom was criminally responsible for taking the lives of her three children.

The mistrial declaration came after the top court in Massachusetts denied the defense's petition to stop the judge from declaring a mistrial.

The mistrial, on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows prosecutors to try Clancy again.

This shook most normal people in the nation --- particularly parents.

How could a mom systematically kill each of her three children by systematically strangling each child?

Some considerations.

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Billy Graham: Some Thoughts About Labor Day

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.”

Colossians 3:23-24

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Mom Not Allowed to Take Daughter to Church

The Maine Supreme Court has unanimously upheld a custody order prohibiting a mother from taking her 13-year-old daughter to her church or religious events. The court reportedly also upheld that Emily Bickford can't expose her daughter to religious beliefs, like the Bible, without approval from the girl's father.

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