AI clickbait, responsible use, and the deception problem
Boova flags obviously AI-generated Christian clickbait ("the top 10 reasons you need to understand why God actually hates you") that people bring him from YouTube Shorts and Facebook reels without ever opening Scripture, joking about Mufasa saying things that weren't in the Lion King. Ben describes his own responsible AI use for 1 Samuel commentary research and wedding transitions, always demanding sources and checking them. Dan tells the Mulan 2 story: praying through a theater visit with his four-year-old grandson after sensing the film's music nudging kids to leave their families, because AI can sound spiritual and wholesome without being from God. Ben closes by insisting deceit isn't only pointy-tailed-devil deceit: well-intentioned falsity is still falsity, and "your heart can be in the right place, and you're still a perpetuator of deceit."
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