Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 9hAs much as I dislike email, I dislike the thought of using AI to compose my replies even more. 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 11h"For me, one principle is foremost: Children should not be the consumers of relational AI. While the seductions of pretend empathy are dangerous for all of us, children have no defense; they are first-time learners." @sturkle.bsky.social, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 11hFor the sake of our children and future society, the experimentation needs to stop. This is a sophisticated form of child sacrifice under the guise of benefitting its victims. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...wsj.comGoogle Pushed AI Into Schools—and Even Students Say It’s Gone Too FarThe risks of cognitive and emotional dependence, along with falling test scores, are fueling a backlash. 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 12hA wondrous thought from Ronni Kurtz’s chapter on the incarnation in 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦: 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 13h"Talking to chatbots reflects an engineering ethos—that the good life, and the one we should be striving for, is friction-free. And pain-free." @sturkle.bsky.social, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 21h"In college, every aspect of academic and personal performance is correlated with the amount of time students spend with professors—not virtual contact, but live contact." -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 21h“The great seduction of digital technology, and now of AI, is to pull us toward isolation and anonymity, into faux ‘communication’ and ‘openness’ that is far from the communion and transparency that we need to grow in wisdom together.” open.substack.com/pub/commonpl... 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“There are no superlatives that can adequately describe his worth; there is no exaggerating his excellencies. He is the King of Kings, the Lord of all. Without Jesus Christ we have nothing, and with him we have everything.” -Ronni Kurtz, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My review of @sturkle.bsky.social’s 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/arti...thegospelcoalition.orgAI Promises Intimacy but Delivers Isolation‘Artificial Intimacy’ reminds us of the value of real human relationships and should inspire Christians to make our churches and homes places where those relationships can flourish. 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026PSA: Due to ever-diminishing attention spans and impatience with long texts, TL;DR will now be abbreviated to TL. Thank you. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying down under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving him with it; you shall rescue it with him.” (Exod 23:5) “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?” (Matt 5:46) 051
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Technology dazzles but erodes our emotional capacity. Then it presents itself as a solution to the problem it has created." -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Lest some argue the early church flourished before widespread literacy, consider whether people busy with swipes or tweets could recite books from memory as the ancients did.” www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/disc...thegospelcoalition.orgHow Can Disciples Walk Faithfully in a Postliterate Era?Even if statistics appear grim, followers of Christ shouldn’t lose heart. 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026OK. I can go along with SI—as long as it stands for Siren Intelligence. 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"But AI does have an agenda—to keep me engaged. Who do we become when we talk to machines? We become accustomed to hearing pleasing nonsense. And we become accustomed to the 'untrue, but looks true.'” -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And how exactly are we to know now whether, when one refers to SI, he or she is talking about computers or Sports Illustrated? 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If you see me referring to it as SI, you’ll know I’ve either been hacked or kidnapped. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a Christian ethic, but the Christian faith is about far more than ethics. 021
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Some students are calling out the examples of faculty doing the same thing as hypocritical.” Good. They’re right. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comDartmouth Provost Is the Latest College Professor Examined for A.I. Use (Gift Article)Dartmouth said it would investigate its provost over A.I. accusations. Similar controversies on other campuses have prompted frustration among students. 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"The trouble doesn’t begin when a chatbot says something explicitly harmful to a child; it begins the moment a child starts to talk to a chatbot." -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 030
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"[I]t became clear that Anthropic’s interest in the world of faith was about more than training its technology...it was sharing a new kind of creation story—one that raises profound questions about the nature of the human spirit and the future of humanity." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 200
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Our soul waits for [Yahweh]; he is our help and our shield. For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.” (Psalm 33:20-21 ESV) 021
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Community is, all too often, the cost of convenience.” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comOne Reason People Are Spending So Much Time AloneThere is a social cost to many modern conveniences. 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"...the field of affective computing talks openly about machine emotions & machine empathy. Researchers never explicitly say that machines 'have' these things. But they can 'show' these things. And in a behaviorist culture, having & showing become the same thing." -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Most Americans, including preachers, have difficulty accepting the truth, if they think about it at all, that not all forms of discourse can be converted from one medium to another." -Neil Postman 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“When I ask people why they love their chatbot, I hear that conversation with humans is stressful, but loneliness is unbearable." -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"If social media came for our attention, artificial intimacy comes for our capacity for attachment. When you talk to a chatbot, you have an audience that will always be on your side. You can have the feeling of a relationship without fear of judgment." -Sherry Turkle, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Chatbot programs portray themselves as people. And technologists argue that to get the most out of them, we should treat them as the people they’re pretending to be." @sturkle.bsky.social, 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Contributors to 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘐 𝘈𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘱𝘴𝘦 each recommend a book we think is helpful for thinking about the technology. My pick? @sturkle.bsky.social’s 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺. www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/twel...thegospelcoalition.org12 Books to Help You Think Wisely About AIContributors to ‘The AI Apocalypse’ offer book recommendations to help readers better understand AI's technological and theological implications. 032
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” (Eph 4:1-3) 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“God is the fullness of life in himself. There is nothing he needs that would bring him greater fulfillment. There is nothing missing in him that must be supplied. God has no potential that needs to be actualized or awakened.” -Ronni Kurtz, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“For your name’s sake, O [Yahweh], pardon my guilt, for it is great. Who is the man who fears [Yahweh]? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose.” (Psalm 25:11-12 ESV) 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Trying to teach children to use AI before they’ve acquired and mastered foundational knowledge and skills is like giving them a motorcycle before they know how to ride a bicycle. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Eph 3:20-21 ESV) 042
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Got an email from a streaming service telling me not to forget to finish a movie I started. Who actually thinks that’s a good idea? I think it’s creepy. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“To overcome the planet of bots, to be fully human, we have to encounter others as they truly are, and submit ourselves to the suffering of loving them.” @samueldjames.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/samueldj...open.substack.comTo Be Fully Human in an AI Age, Let Suffering Do Its Virtuous WorkHow to overcome the planet of bots. 010
Reposted by Keith PlummerThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/09/2026The reporter Mia Sato speaks with @cwarzel.bsky.social about the rise of Meta’s camera-equipped glasses, the backlash to Flock cameras, and what happens when humans are always being recorded. Watch Galaxy Brain:bit.lyWhat Do We Do About the Cameras Everywhere?A genuine reckoning with Meta and the surveillance state 0206
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Though we live in an age that consistently catechizes us to hate being limited, what we see in Scripture is the opposite notion: ‘A heart of wisdom’ comes from asking the Lord to’ teach us to number our days’ (Ps. 90:12)” -Ronni Kurtz, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 000
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“So Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.’” (Exodus 10:3 ESV) Freedom is for service. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Your chatbot doesn’t care about you, because it can’t. 030
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“God is not distinct from creation because he is merely bigger or grander. To put it another way, God is not just an infinitely bigger version of the creature. Rather, the Creator-creature distinction is one of 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥.” -Ronni Kurtz, 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Confidence about what technology can accomplish tends to increase in proportion to one's optimism about humanity's moral condition. 002
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“The new products are part of Mr. Zuckerberg’s visions for a future way for Meta’s A.I. to empower people and improve their lives.” He doesn’t see. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/t...nytimes.comMeta Unveils 3 Smart Glasses With Built-In A.I. (Gift Article)Artificial intelligence again dominated the company’s annual developer conference, as Mark Zuckerberg doubled down on how the technology can empower people. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“God will always be greater than your best thought of him, more glorious than your best word about him, and deeper than your most profound contemplation of him.” 110
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” (Galatians 6:14-15 ESV) 010
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026To say that AI 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 anything is misguided. It understands nothing. It identifies patterns. Christians, above all people, need to avoid such personification at all costs. 030
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026To be conformed to this world is to be deformed by this world. 020
Keith Plummer @xianmind.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“It’s a collection of well-balanced essays by experts in theology, philosophy, and technology; framing (and then answering) questions that I hadn’t even started to consider.” au.thegospelcoalition.org/book-review/...au.thegospelcoalition.orgThe AI ApocalypseHey Gemini. Summarise the key points of each chapter in The AI Apocalypse. Include key quotes, suitable for use in a book review. >Sure Phil. Would you like me to write the full review? No… I should p... 000