Idolatry, Technology and a Better World

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The Jewish and Christian scripture warning against idolatry insists that allowing yourself to be controlled and governed by anything less than an infinitely compassionate and loving Creator is a mistake.

The warning is given to protect us from voluntarily opting to live enslaved.

Settlement Project President Featured in Elon University’s Report on Artificial Intelligence

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Settlement Project President, Dr. Frank Kaufmann was recently featured in Elon University’s report on artificial intelligence. Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center published a report, “Experts’ Imagine the Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040” featuring a wide range of opinions by experts from diverse fields. The publication explores the potential impact of AI on society.

Settlement Project Speeches and Events in the San Francisco Bay Area, November 2023

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The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) hosted a seminar on Education for the 21st Century: Challenges, Moral Dangers, and Innovation from 10 am until noon, at the Bay Area Family Church, and later that evening The Alameda County Committee of Restoration (ACCOR) held a graduation ceremony for graduates of its 10-week course on the US Bill of Rights, in the home of Michael and Monika Kellett. Dr. Kaufmann offered the Keynote address in the morning seminar and graduation congratulatory remarks and speech content in the evening ceremony.

Podcast on Juneteenth, 2023

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On June 19th, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas (the last place of resistance to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation) and announced the end of the Civil War and slavery in the United States. On that day about 250,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas were freed.

AI and the Singularity by Frank Kaufmann

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Ai vs human

AI seemed to burst into our lives suddenly. One day it seemed not to exist at all, and the following day it seemed to exist everywhere, in countless inscrutable forms, brands and promises. It instantly seemed to erupt a class of people as immersed in AI as fully as the rest of us count on our eyes to see. There’s the Chatbot app itself, the people, the companies, and as suddenly a billowing industry of experts, programs, seminars, and teachers and trainers. In classic fashion, consumers dive in blindly, anything and everything for convenience, shortcuts, and entertainment.