Category: Technology

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 28, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, Artificial Intimacy, chatbots, ChatGPT, classroom, Common Sense Media, education, focus, friends, Grok, Internet, iPads, Jewish schools, laptops, LLMs, lovers, Mayans, New York Post, parents, religious beliefs, schoolwork, Sherry Turkle, skydiving, smartphones, social skills, teens, therapists, video games, willpower, XBOX, young people}

For Students, Less Tech, Not More — Please!

_{David Klinghoffer
October 28, 2026

Computational Sciences, Technology

3}

This is a struggle going back to before anyone worried about AI. One of my worst decisions as a parent was to allow an XBOX into the house. Read More ›

Robotic hand pressing a keyboard on a laptop 3D rendering

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 26, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, brains, common sense, computational functionalism, computations, consciousness, human beings, intelligence, living tissue, machines, Nature (journal), persons, philosophers, rights, silicon, technology}

Common Sense from a Prestige Science Journal? Yes, Believe It

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 26, 2026

Computational Sciences, Technology

4}

Good on the editors for pushing back against the subversive notion that a machine can be the moral equivalent of a human being. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 21, 2026

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, AI slop, Amazon, artificial inteligence, authenticity, Britain, data, formula fiction, George Orwell, Jason Arday, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Overreach, Owen Matthews, Rie Kudan, technology, The Spectator, Thélyson Orélien, totalitarianism, writers}

Could Orwell’s Novel-Writing Machine Actually Write a Good Novel?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 21, 2026

Arts, Computational Sciences, Technology

4}

If masses of data could be collected and organized according to rules, formula fiction could be automated. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 20, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, Amazon, chatbot, Christians, computer chips, Cornerstone University, Discovery Institute, Douglas Groothuis, endorsements, foreword, Gerson Moreno-Riaño, graven images, Hugh of St. Victor, idols, immortality, Inkwell Press, jesus, machines, Maximus the Confessor, Os Guinness, resurrection, Silicon Valley, technology, Ten Commandments, The Soul in Cyberspace, The Soul in Digital Space, Thomas V. Morris, Trinity Forum, utilitarianism}

Technology Won’t and Can’t Save Us — Not Even Close

_{William A. Dembski
October 20, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Technology

6}

It is perhaps not coincidental that computer chip manufacturing depends on micro-scale engraving. Read More ›

medicine, healthcare and people concept - doctor talking to male patient at medical office in hospital

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 20, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, American Society of Reproductive Medicine, baby, California, celibate individuals, health care, infertility, intercourse, life choices, medical terminology, medicine, pathology, policy, pregnancy, reproductive technologies, same-sex relations, The New England Journal of Medicine, wokeness, World Health Organization}

Top Journal Would Redefine Medical Condition to Suit Political Goals

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 20, 2026

Medicine, Technology

5}

The authors support a sociological definition of “infertility” propounded by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 12, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, effective altruism, Elon Musk, Émile P. Torres, Epsilon Centauri, ethics, future, Future of Humanity Institute, human race, longtermism, Nick Bostrom, philosophy, posthumans, prophecy, religion, Sam Bankman-Fried, science fiction, technology, The Precipice, Toby Ord, Utopia, What We Owe the Future, William MacAskill}

As an Approach to Ethics, Longtermerism Makes No Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2026

Ethics, Technology

5}

Elon Musk, whose ambition for space colonies is legendary, has said, “This is a close match for my philosophy.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 2, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Political Science
Technology
Tagged
, adults, americans, books, government, Harvard Gazette, humans, Jill Sonke, Nation’s Report Card, National Endowment for the Arts, reading, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rose Horowitch, Sam Leith, Sarah Kuta, Sebastian Faulks, Smithsonian Magazine, The AI Delusion, The Atlantic, The Spectator, thinking, twentysomethings, University of Florida, young people}

Abandonment of Books Would Have Devastating Consequences

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 2, 2026

Computational Sciences, Political Science, Technology

6}

If we reach the point where most people cannot muster that level of sustained attention, changes unwelcome to many of us are inevitable. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 1, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, books, certainty, chatbots, Christianity, courage, creativity, Creativity and Its Cultivation, curiosity, Erich Fromm, faith, Germans, Google, Harold H. Anderson, Hebrew Scriptures, Henri Poincaré, Martin Buber, Nicolai Berdyaev, Old Testament, philosophers, psychology, Russians, surprise, technology, wonder}

Cultivating Creativity in the Chatbot Age

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 1, 2026

Computational Sciences, Technology

9}

if we reach for the Google search or the AI chatbot too quickly, we cede our superpower to a machine. Read More ›

Close Up Vintage Royal Standard Typewriter with Paper and Books Still Life

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2026

Categories
Arts
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, books, chatbots, Claude, community, computers, Counterpoint Press, dependence, ecological health, economic justice, electricity, Energy, energy consumption, environment, family, Harper’s Magazine, land, machines, natural resources, nature, peace, political honesty, pollution, prosocial intentions, relationships, Tanya Berry, technology, thinking, typewriter, water usage, Wendell Berry, work}

Learning about Technology, and Relationships, from Wendell Berry

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2026

Arts, Ethics, Technology

10}

Berry describes the beautiful working relationship he had with his wife, Tanya. She typed his work on a Royal standard typewriter. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
August 31, 2026

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, 9/11, artificial inteligence, Benjamin Franklin, bombing, Chicago, Christianity, Chronicles, disaster preparedness, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, George Whitefield, Hiroshima, Hollywood, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Just War, Manhattan Project, Michael Crichton, Michael Fassbender, morality, near-death experiences, nuclear physicists, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, philosophy, physicians, Robert Oppenheimer, tactical nuclear weapons, The Odyssey, thrillers, World War II, worldview}

Grappling with Our Promethean Past … and Future

_{John Zmirak
August 31, 2026

Arts, Bioethics, Technology

5}

As with film, we’d also be wise to support works in other genres that skillfully depict fictional worlds infused with a truthful worldview. Read More ›