Keith Plummer

Their Professors Caught Them Cheating. They Used A.I. to Apologize.

“At a time when educational institutions are grappling with the intrusion of machine learning into classrooms and homework assignments, the professors said they decided to use the episode to teach a lesson in academic integrity.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...

Sin is Cosmic Treason: Our Supreme Folly | Tabletalk Without sin there would be no Christianity as we know it. There could be worship and religion without sin, but there would be no record of redemption, no incarnation, no second Adam, no song of the re...

“Sin trades God for another good. To see this same folly from another angle, consider that sin cuts man off from his highest good and it is utterly impotent to give the good it promises. Sin backs the wrong horse 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.” -James Dolezal tabletalkmagazine.com/posts/sin-is...

Not Everything Is A "Me-Problem" An Anti-Tech Screed That Is Neither Anti-Tech, Nor Screed

“The Amish have a bit of wisdom because they design a life 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 and then incorporate the tech that allows them to live that life. But we integrate technological advancement 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 and allow it to direct, distort and at times even destroy our dearest designs.” open.substack.com/pub/mperrone...

Let us strive harder to bless than impress.

Opinion | I Led Product Safety at OpenAI. Don’t Trust Its Claims About ‘Erotica.’

“People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues. In other words: Prove it.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly | TechCrunch OpenAI released data on just how many of ChatGPT's users are facing mental health challenges, and how it's addressing them.

.15% of its 800 million weekly users talk to it about suicidal plans and/or intent with a similar percentage showing “heightened levels of emotional attachment to ChatGPT.”
techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/o...

Not all truths need/have a proof text.

Loved the first two!

Prepping for next semester. These are the required texts for a grad class I’ll be teaching.

Denominational Discourse in the Age of the Algorithm People whose brains have been transformed by algorithms will struggle to steward well the shared life of their church denomination.

“The livestream era has aided in the transformation of worship into a spectacle for public consumption, and social media turns denominational disputes into public performances. Even when our theology unites us, our timelines can divide us.” @trevinwax.bsky.social
mereorthodoxy.com/denomination...

In light of AI, will Missouri change its nickname?

Finally reading 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 and surprised by what a nice companion piece it is to 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.

“Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.” (Proverbs 22:24-25 ESV)

I can’t help but think that this has implications for our social media consumption.

“Inner silence is for our race a difficult achievement. There is a chattering part of the mind which continues, until it is corrected, to chatter on even in the holiest places.” -C. S. Lewis

Thanks. I’m really excited about sharing this conversation. It’s a great book and Clare was an excellent guest. Since we only have a new episode once a month, I thought I’d let folks know what’s coming.

Next month: Clare Morell, author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘌𝘹𝘪𝘵: 𝘈 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴

A word for our day:

“Beware of the habits we learn in controversy.” -Francis Schaeffer

There is a vast difference between reading or listening for ammunition and reading or listening for comprehension.

Civil public discourse has fallen, and I pray it can get up.

Opinion | My Trouble with Robots, Part Two

“In ordinary piracy, people have to look for an author’s work to steal it. With A.I., anyone can create books and essays in the style of any writer whose work has been loaded into the voracious maw of machine learning.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

I'm a proud Luddite And you should be too

Before dismissing someone who raises critical questions about a technology a Luddite, it would be advisable to understand who the Luddites were and why they did what they did. This is a good place to start.

open.substack.com/pub/thesavag...

C. S. Lewis in 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 on the false comfort of bifurcating reality:

“A man who has been to another world does not come back unchanged.” -C. S. Lewis

I am deeply grateful for this kind review and endorsement of our podcast.

YouTube video by Whaddo You Meme?? How Tribal Fear Protects Evil

Yes! Evil is evil wherever it appears.
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Coming out November 18… these’ll make a great set for personal study, one-on-one mentoring, small group, church-based training, or undergrad theology.

The Pastor’s Public Ministry and Generative AI: Perils and Possibilities - 9Marks As with much technology, there is often more than meets the eye.

"Whether you’re on the side of the skeptics or optimists, I want to offer five potential pitfalls for pastors using AI in their public ministry." www.9marks.org/article/the-...

Francis Schaeffer on the necessity of relying on the Spirit to display both the holiness and love of God:

Distraction, comprehension, short attention span, lack of motivation, lack of time, reading slowly

"A well-earned B is better than an AI A." -Dr. Bryan Murawski