Keith Plummer

One of those mornings when I’m not even going to look at my sleep tracker because it will only make me more tired.

Last night brought back floods of memories and created new ones as my family enjoyed the music and was encouraged by the faith of Steven Curtis Chapman. A tour based on his Speechless album was a great idea. Grateful for this brother!

YouTube video by The Upgrade with Makai Allbert Why Your Brain Learns Better From Paper

Medium matters
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An Uncomfortable Union When the organizations who exist to protect the teaching profession instead get cozy with the companies who seek to undo them

“Unions aligning themselves with AI companies is a strategic error. Instead of advocating for teachers, these organizations are partnering with companies whose mission is to replace their members.”
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“And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.” (James 3:6 ESV)

Waiting, Not Seeking: Reading As Resistance Attention in a World Designed Against It

“The ancient world trained attention through practice; the modern world engineers its dissolution for profit, then sells us tools to recover what was taken.”
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Indeed.

The man gave names to all the wondrous technologies he created and to every image-simulating innovation of Silicon Valley. But for the man, there was not found among them a helper fit for him.

Let the reader understand.

Over many years studying about Schaeffer and L’Abri, I’ve seen numerous photos from this book. Thanks to the generosity of a new friend, as of today I own it.

"Although relativism hides behind the makeup of commonly accepted social values, its true face is that of nihilism." -Douglas Groothuis

Women Are Falling in Love With A.I. It’s a Problem for Beijing.

“The lightning-​fast adoption of A.I. in China has prompted regulators to warn tech companies not to have ‘design goals to replace social interaction.’”

Too little, too late.

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First, Honesty. Then, Multiplication Tables. - Christianity Today We need to know how badly students are failing in math class. Then we must return to the fundamentals.

“Similarly, parents and students alike want to reduce reliance on video lessons and digital tools and increase high-​quality direct instruction.”
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I care so much about technology because I care even more about humanity.

Superlatives are the worst.

Rapid technological development, the love of money, and a craving for comfort, ease, and speed are a treacherous combination.

YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia David Baldacci vs. ChatGPT: "This Is The Hill I’m Going To Die On" | 60 Minutes Australia

This interview with @davidbaldacci.bsky.social is filled with wisdom, not only about the unethical practices of major AI companies, but what we stand to lose as individuals and a society in offloading creativity to machines. Well worth watching.
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YouTube video by Pixar Toy Story 5 | Official Trailer | In Theaters June 19

Finally watched. Looks like this will be a good tale about how immersion in and obsession with digital devices saps kids of imagination, physical play, and friendships. Great line by Woody: “Toys are for play, but tech is for everything.” Can’t wait.
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YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) OpenAI researcher speaks on why she resigned | ABC NEWS

Former OpenAI researcher Zoe Hitzig speaks on why she resigned and makes several good points worthy of serious consideration.
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Nine Intellectual Virtues Either universities appoint and promote professors who display and disseminate intellectual vices, or they reward those who exemplify and cultivate intellectual virtues.

This essay is excellent.

On the virtue of carefulness:

“Being careful with a person’s words, so as to hear and report them accurately is a basic form of doing them justice.”
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Spotted something brown and motionless on the kitchen floor this morning. Barefoot, I ran to take a sneaker in hand and proceeded to smite the possum-playing thing with my shoe. From henceforth, I wish to be known as Keith Plummer, Raisin Killer.

A naive optimism about the human condition is a correlate of Utopianism, technological or otherwise.

The knowledge of God is revealed in the just treatment of people, particularly the most vulnerable.

“Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Is not this to know me? declares the Lord.” (Jer 22:15-16 ESV)

That and I suspect that he has social challenges such that he finds interacting with non-humans preferable. Sad.

People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.

“‘I suspect that in a couple of years on almost any topic, the most interesting, maybe the most empathetic conversation that you could have will be with an A.I.,’ Mr. Altman, the OpenAI chief executive, said on a podcast.”

I’ll take my chances with real people.
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Exactly.

I asked ChatGPT to depict itself in a picture. This is what it gave me.

How Is AI Shaping You? Three Principles for Wise Use The world of AI is changing too rapidly for most Christians to track. What principles from Scripture can help us engage well with this technology?

“Attributing higher human abilities to machines—like ‘thinking’ or ‘friendship’ or ‘counsel’—will invariably lead to sloughing off our human obligations to them.” -Samuel James
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The Smartest Way to Protect Your Ability to Learn Deeply Has Little to Do With Willpower An evidence-based look at how notifications reshape our brains and the setup I use to reverse the damage.

“Every notification you allow disrupts you today and trains your brain to be more distractible tomorrow.”
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