Why Artificial Minds Make the Question of God More Urgent, Not Less
Every new capability we grant a machine forces us to ask what, precisely, makes human consciousness irreducible. The theologian and the engineer are asking the same question from opposite ends of the room, and neither camp has noticed yet.
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Why Artificial Minds Make the Question of God More Urgent, Not Less
Every new capability we grant a machine forces us to ask what, precisely, makes human consciousness irreducible. The theologian and the engineer are asking the same question from opposite ends of the room, and neither camp has noticed yet.
The Armor of Our Dispensation
An attribute of God matching each dispensation is always revealed through men. Physical battles required the physical strength of warriors. Today's warfare is waged differently: he who feeds you can also starve you, both mentally and physically.
The Prosperity Gospel's Real Victims
It doesn't just mislead. It dismantles the very theology that could comfort the people it targets.
What the West Gets Wrong About African Intelligence
There is a particular arrogance embedded in how global AI and technology discourse speaks about Africa: as a recipient market, a test bed, a beneficiary. The assumption is that intelligence flows in one direction, from the developed world outward. But some of the most interesting thinking happening right now about the ethical contours of artificial intelligence is happening in Lagos, Nairobi, Accra. The question isn't whether Africa will “catch up.” It's whether the rest of the world is paying attention.
Continue ReadingAlignment for Whom? The Communities Left Out of the Safety Conversation
Safe from whose perspective? Beneficial to whom? The default assumptions in alignment research are not neutral.