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Ben Kreiter
@benkreiter.com
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I'm a Bible teacher who is pretty interested these days in the moral dimension of technology. In my feed I'll talk a lot about education, technology and scripture, and a little about other things.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 3h
Its a recruitment film. They want to recruit bigots.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 18h
Fair. I could make some exceptions for the Avengers or spiderman, but like the government has control of them and doesnt use them on super powered racial minorities or anything? I dunno. I guess the creator at least needs to try and convince me in that case.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 18h
My LLM take of the day is that GPT-4o like sycophantic responses are pornographic even if OpenAI doesnt allow it to be sexually explicit.

Pornography has more to do with experiencing faux intimacy via control of media than it does actual intercourse (even though intercourse is the preferred form)
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 18h
I agree. Sentinels targeting relatively harmless mutants when there are hundreds of other powered beings they dont care about is weird.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 2d
As a Bible teacher who gets anonymous letters on the Antichrist written in the style of ransom letters, he's up there for his take on that too.

And then there is naming a mass surveillance company Palantir or an autonomous weapon co Anduril.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 5d
Happens to me every year. You get used to it eventually.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 5d
Just like that, he's prevented another war. Who's next?
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 6d
Oh for sure. I think a really critical look at the dangers he presents is vital. I'm glad that is happening in the examples you have shared. I hope other major outlets can follow that lead. He's so far beyond your typical pastor, treating him as just someone a bit controversial is missing the story.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 6d
Wilson is one of the most dangerous men within Christianity in my view, and given his proximity to the White House's vastly increased religiosity from official platforms, should be really studied and talked about.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 7d
Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 7d
I saw Vick pop up and figured you must have decided to try overcoming evil with being wild today.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 7d
Funnily enough, this is not really a bad way to summarize the Bible's arguments against kings.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 7d
I wrote for Adventist Today on Zohran Mamdani's appearance at an Adventist Evangelistic series. It looks at why this is a surprising venue for a campaign stop given the denomination's history, and how we got to this point.

atoday.org/sickness-in-...
Sickness in the City of God – Adventist Today
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 7d
I have a few FB use cases that keep from from dropping it. uBlock Origin and FBCleaner extensions get rid of ads, suggested posts, sponsored posts, and random reels. That plus going to Feeds -> Friends at least gives me a usable chronological feed where I just see what I've actually asked to.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 9d
The "from" is the key word in interpreting that quote. "From" any state and "to" Oregon.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 10d
Hope its not one of the important ones...
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
I hear you. Its a deep problem.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
I have a lot of concerns about chatbot services and all minds honestly, and yes specifically younger ones. I also think there is a range of offerings that fall under AI or generative AI, and not all have the same level or kinds of concerns.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
I typically just call it Babylon when I want to channel that language within my faith tradition, and it seems to register.

For the 2nd I would say 'false Christ' because it retains all the forms and trappings of Christianity. If only they were leaving for paganism...
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
When Julia asked if I wanted to add anything I said that raising kids in this era of rapid technology change is really hard and it's OK if you don't immediately figure it out.

We need deep charitability towards each other. The lack of is part of what draws people to chatbots in the first place.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
I think one of the biggest arguments against AI for kids is that LLMs in particular present faux intimacy that can quickly become relationally destructive.

But I'm not sure the comments on the article are painting a picture that Bluesky at large has a healthy grasp on relational intimacy either.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
I share this because it's interesting to see how someone can build a picture of you in 2-3 sentences, and be absolutely convinced its true.

Do I disagree with what some of the other parents are doing? Yeah (others feel that way about me obviously). Do I know them? Not in the slightest.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
I know my parenting and while I make mistakes, my kids and I get lots of quality time away from screens. They ride horses, do gymnastics, and play piano. We spend most summer evenings on the trampoline for hours. We read together every night taking turns. Our home is a good safe place.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
In total my kids used it for an hour or so. Two tops. Usually in 10-15 minute spurts. Happened over the span of a couple months. They asked to generate pictures of unicorns eating cupcakes and the like. No LLM usage ever.

To see calls for CPS is a bit amusing and a tad scary with my name public.
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Ben Kreiter @benkreiter.com · 12d
As mentioned in the article I was exploring it for work and trying to evaluate its impact on education (not mentioned is that I also serve on an edtech advisory committee at the national level for a school system). I knew in 6-12 months schools and parents were going to be blindsided by this tech.
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