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  1. O

    Meta’s Open Source Llama 3 Is Already Nipping at OpenAI’s Heels

    Hello folks. Open source technology is slowly catching up to ChatGPT. For myself, I run a free, open-weights AI model on my laptop, and have since March 22, 2024. AI can be used for good, or for bad, just as nuclear fission energy could be used to power a city with clean electricity, or sadly...
  2. T

    Rise of the 'AI god'

    Rise of the 'AI god' Navigating the growing Artificial Intelligence conundrum from a Christian perspective. Is an "AI god" on horizon? There are a growing number of adherents in this evolving AI religion. Click on the link and read but be prepared for a surprise towards the end of this essay...
  3. The Liturgist

    ChatGPT as a liturgical development tool

    So I asked ChatGPT to write a sample anaphora based on Syriac liturgical patterns, which tend to be loose ans highly flexible, and then I had the output formatted into traditional Ecclesiastical English. The results are interesting, although the Sursum Corda looks weird (but then again, in the...
  4. linux.poet

    Ethics of using a chatbot for forum posts [Poll]

    Personally, I'm inclined to think that it is dishonest, unless said use is disclosed. Also, Christianity affects humans, not robots, so I'm not sure taking ChatGPT's input on it is the most useful idea. This is not connected with any sort of moderation decision, I'm just interested to hear...