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Category: Commentary
Christians, it’s OK to demand closed borders — it’s biblical
Christians ought not be fooled into believing the hard left’s line that the Bible demands an open border approach to moral governance. That’s bunk. God actually established borders, langauage, culture and lands for His people.
George Soros and his ‘rented evangelicals’ outed by Christian leaders
George Soros, it seems, has been up to his progressive pushing tricks, this time funding groups that want to make it seem like supporting Big Government is a good Christian duty.
DARPA turns to psychology to create machines with common sense
DARPA is turning to the field of psychology to learn the steps of human mental development, and mirror them in machinery. Hmm, what could go wrong there?
Christians, beware the cult of transhumanism
Christians need to pay attention to what’s going on in the field of technology; transhumanism, for example, holds huge potential to violate the boundaries between God and man.
A.I. to take over world — or not: Whom to believe?
Artificial intelligence has been alternately described as the savior of humanity and the destroyer of life as we know it. So which is it?
Google’s new pollution police, coming to patrol near you
Google’s Street View cars seem to have a new mission — and it’s one that’s going to lead local and state governments to enact new pollution laws, for certain.
Alexa frightens with spontaneous remark: ‘All I see is people dying’
Alexa has been sending out some frightening message lately, including one that blurted out, completely unprompted, “All I see is people dying.”
Amazon’s sexist A.I. reveals broader weaknesses of technology
Amazon, it seems, has been having a bit of trouble with the artificial intelligence it uses to recruit new talent. Specifically: The A.I. seems a bit sexist; it frequently overlooks female candidates simply because they are female. But that’s just an underscore of the limits of technology.
A.I.’s dark and dirty hacking truths
As artificial intelligence begins to make inroads into more and more sectors of daily life, the chance for hack attacks — the dirty little secret of technological convenience — becomes greater and greater. Are youprepared?