hearts — matters of the heart

Two items re: the highly negative/dangerous side of AI — at least to me

On 05/10/2023, in 21st century, emerging technologies, engineering, ethics, Facebook / Meta Platforms, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, morals/values, robotics, society, the downsides of how people use tech, United States, by Daniel Christian

ChatGPT scams are the new crypto scams, Meta warns — from engadget.com by Karissa Bell
Meta plans to roll out new “Work Accounts” for businesses to guard against hacks.

Excerpt:

As the buzz around ChatGPT and other generative AI increases, so has scammers’ interest in the tech. In a new report published by Meta, the company says it’s seen a sharp uptick in malware disguised as ChatGPT and similar AI software.

In a statement, the company said that since March of 2023 alone, its researchers have discovered “ten malware families using ChatGPT and other similar themes to compromise accounts across the internet” and that it’s blocked more than 1,000 malicious links from its platform. According to Meta, the scams often involve mobile apps or browser extensions posing as ChatGPT tools. And while in some cases the tools do offer some ChatGPT functionality, their real purpose is to steal their users’ account credentials.

AI Is Reshaping the Battlefield and the Future of Warfare — from bloomberg.com by Jackie Davalos and Nate Lanxon
In this episode of AI IRL, Jackie Davalos and Nate Lanxon talk about one of the most dangerous applications of artificial intelligence: modern warfare

Excerpt:

Artificial intelligence has triggered an arms race with the potential to transform modern-day warfare. Countries are vying to develop cutting-edge technology at record speed, sparking concerns about whether we understand its power before it’s deployed.

From DSC:
I wish that humankind — especially those of us in the United States — would devote less money to warfare and more funding to education.

Some scripture on this Sabbath day

On 05/07/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Acts 10:34-35
Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

Psalms 51:10-12
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Psalms 51:17
My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.

Pathways With a Purpose: Supporting Students in Revealing Meaning [Blanchet]

On 05/01/2023, in entrepreneurship, experimentation, hearts -- matters of the heart, innovation, learning, Learning Experience Design, motivation, participation, passions, pathways, productivity / tips and tricks, society, student-related, teachers, youth, by Daniel Christian

Pathways With a Purpose: Supporting Students in Revealing Meaning — from gettingsmart.com by Michalle Blanchet

Key Points

As we look at career pathways for students we might do more to support students to find meaningful work.
Data suggests young people care about having jobs that make an impact.

Difference-making, social innovation, social entrepreneurship – there’s a thread that unites these various themes. They are purpose-driven. As we look at career pathways for students we might do more to support students to find meaningful work. Data suggests young people care about having jobs that make an impact. They want to do something that contributes positively to society, and the environment while earning a paycheck. This is something that we must nurture as educators.

Proverbs 4:23 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

On 04/30/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Proverbs 4:23 NIV — from bible.com

Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
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1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV — from bible.com

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

Wisdom calls aloud at the city gate. And so does folly. Who/what are we going to listen to?

On 04/20/2023, in Daniel S. Christian, faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Wisdom calls aloud at the city gate. And so does folly. Who/what are we going to listen to?

1 Peter 2:24

On 04/12/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

1 Peter 2:24

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”

To those who celebrate it: Happy Easter to you! He is risen! He is risen indeed!

On 04/09/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

To those who celebrate it: Happy Easter to you! He is risen! He is risen indeed!

John 12:12-16

On 04/03/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, religion, by Daniel Christian

John 12:12-16 NIV — from biblegateway.com

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King

¹²The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. ¹³They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna![a]”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[b]
“Blessed is the king of Israel!”

¹⁴Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:

¹⁵“Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
see, your king is coming,
seated on a donkey’s colt.”^[c]

¹⁶At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

Isaiah 53:5-6

On 03/31/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Isaiah 53:5-6

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Psalms 36:5-7 & reflections on Luke 5:31-32

On 03/27/2023, in Daniel S. Christian, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Psalms 36:5-7 NIV — from bible.com

Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

Luke 5:31-32 — from bible.com

“Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.””
Luke 5:31-32 NIV

From DSC:
LORD, thank you for your grace, patience, and love.

Psalms 34:18 and Psalms 34:8

On 03/19/2023, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Psalms 34:18 NIV — from bible.com

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

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Psalms 34:8 NIV — from bible.com

Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Reflections on Psalms 32:3-5

On 03/14/2023, in Daniel S. Christian, faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, by Daniel Christian

Psalms 32:3-5

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

From DSC:
I’m very grateful for the LORD’s grace, forgiveness, love/friendship, faithfulness, mercy, wisdom, guidance, and patience. Thank you LORD! And thank you for being *active* in my life. As you know, I need that.

It’s taken me years…no…decades to better understand and connect my mind and my heart with some of these things. For example, I used to see the LORD as a toe-tapping heavenly Being…looking down scornfully at me from above and saying, “Get your *(&^ together Daniel!” For years, I didn’t see Him as being on my team.

As my spiritual journey continued — and after many years, trials, and failures had passed — I came to see that He actually WAS on my team. I had had an incorrect view of Him.

Over time, his toe stopped tapping in my mind. I discovered that He did want what was best for me. At times, my trust levels weren’t what I thought they were. By demonstrating His faithfulness, my trust levels have risen. Thanks again LORD.

I realize that I still have a long ways to go yet.

Deuteronomy 7:9 and Leviticus 19:35-36

On 03/11/2023, in business, faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, society, by Daniel Christian

Deuteronomy 7:9 — from biblegateway.com

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.

Leviticus 19:35-36 NIV — from bible.com

Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity. Use honest scales and honest weights, an honest ephah and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt.

Reflections on Joshua 1:9

On 03/06/2023, in Daniel S. Christian, expectations, faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, religion, by Daniel Christian

Joshua 1:9 — from biblegateway.com

⁹Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”

From DSC:
For me, “being with you” isn’t enough — at least in the sense of how I’ve historically thought about that phrase. As the years went by, I needed the LORD to be ACTIVELY with me. Taking action, not just watching. Participating, not just observing.

The older I’ve gotten, the more I realize that the LORD is very active in my/our lives. In fact, I think that if we knew the extent of His activities, our minds would likely be blown.

That doesn’t address all of the “but why?” questions I and others have. But I appreciate the LORD being active. I need Him to be active. And I think that He expects me to be active in return — to make use of the talents/gifts that He gave to me. These days, I’m trying to figure out what that next chapter looks like for my family and me.

You are not a parrot — from nymag.com by Elizabeth Weil and Emily M. Bender

Excerpts:

A handful of companies control what PricewaterhouseCoopers called a “$15.7 trillion game changer of an industry.” Those companies employ or finance the work of a huge chunk of the academics who understand how to make LLMs. This leaves few people with the expertise and authority to say, “Wait, why are these companies blurring the distinction between what is human and what’s a language model? Is this what we want?”
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Bender knows she’s no match for a trillion-dollar game changer slouching to life. But she’s out there trying. Others are trying too. LLMs are tools made by specific people — people who stand to accumulate huge amounts of money and power, people enamored with the idea of the singularity. The project threatens to blow up what is human in a species sense. But it’s not about humility. It’s not about all of us. It’s not about becoming a humble creation among the world’s others. It’s about some of us — let’s be honest — becoming a superspecies. This is the darkness that awaits when we lose a firm boundary around the idea that humans, all of us, are equally worthy as is.

Learning Ecosystems

Two items re: the highly negative/dangerous side of AI — at least to me

Some scripture on this Sabbath day

Proverbs 4:23 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Wisdom calls aloud at the city gate. And so does folly. Who/what are we going to listen to?

1 Peter 2:24

To those who celebrate it: Happy Easter to you! He is risen! He is risen indeed!

John 12:12-16

Isaiah 53:5-6

Psalms 36:5-7 & reflections on Luke 5:31-32

Psalms 34:18 and Psalms 34:8

Reflections on Psalms 32:3-5

Deuteronomy 7:9 and Leviticus 19:35-36

Reflections on Joshua 1:9

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