I wanted to tell you about my quiet morning -- waking up before the sun, waking about 5 a.m. is the best time to wake up I think (when you want to). Or, maybe I was going to tell you about how thankful I am for the last few days of warmer weather. The Lupus doesn't respond well to super cold temps. My nose, my ears, my hands, my unseen places -- all have being rebellious because of their dislike of cold temperatures (no, I'm not going to move South -- they don't like extreme heat either and I don't want to be any farther away from my grandbabies -- we are too far from them already). But I can't talk about that right now because a disturbing headline popped up so I did a tiny bit of investigation. Not much now. So I am no expert. I don't do TikTok or Instagram or Twitter -- just do a bit of Facebook. There are AI people (meaning fake people images that can talk and make you think they are real) influencing real live kids and adults to try and make themselves look like the AI people. God created us to be in relationship with him -- not to waste away trying to look like some ideal image. See the two pictures on the left of the kids and the guy? Those are fake people. Totally fake. They don't exist except in the virtual world. But they look like real people. |
I'm not afraid of AI. When used well, AI is doing some great things (sorry -- AI stands for Artificial Intelligence -- you probably know that). And I don't think AI will take over the world forcefully as seen in some movies. No. AI when used for evil will use influence and will "speak" to the baser parts of our human nature: lust, greed, desire for money and power and fame. AI will speak to our sinful natures. It already is. If we allow our sinful natures to rule our lives; if we live by the flesh rather than the Spirit, we will fall prey to the evil that is rampant in the virtual world (there is good too -- where sin abounds, grace abounds even more....Romans 5:20).
We need to stay alert. We need to guard what has been entrusted to us (2 Timothy 1:14). We need to protect those under our care from the evil that is everywhere wanting to take over our lives.
Morning light has arrived. My son needs his breakfast and I need to end this post. Two more verses for you:
"Claiming to be wise, they became fools," Romans 1:22 and
(you) should
repent
and turn
to God,
performing
deeds
in keeping
with
(your)
repentance.
Acts 26:20c