Human value: real community cannot be faked online
Ben summarizes the AI discussion's key consideration: AI will either mirror a fallible humanity whole or require curation by a fallible human, and either way the ease and volume of creation endangers people's ability to discern what is real, true, and good. One host pushes back on the claim that community is impossible online, but agrees deception is far likelier without stakes, body language, and the feel of a room. The hosts land that identity in Christ answers the epidemic of anxiety and depression: people want to be known and will become a curated 'whatever Stanley' to feel known, rejecting the one Creator who actually knows them because God wants to be 'all up in your business.'
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