B.J. Hutto
@bjhutto.bsky.social
Baptist pastor in Jacksonville, FL
Wofford | Duke Div | Aberdeen (PhD, Ethics)
Descendant of a pirate but not a very good one.
Wofford | Duke Div | Aberdeen (PhD, Ethics)
Descendant of a pirate but not a very good one.
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Like most historians, I'm pretty immune to both doomerism and utopianism. But I have to admit, it takes a lot of effort for me to resist the allure of doomerism when I contemplate the future impacts of LLMs. What they seek to replace are the very things that make us human--thinking and expression.
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Like most historians, I'm pretty immune to both doomerism and utopianism. But I have to admit, it takes a lot of effort for me to resist the allure of doomerism when I contemplate the future impacts of LLMs. What they seek to replace are the very things that make us human--thinking and expression.
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When I joined Twitter in 2014, this was the 2nd tweet I posted.
“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate." --Henry David Thoreau
Part of me thought it was cool, but another part was skeptical
“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate." --Henry David Thoreau
Part of me thought it was cool, but another part was skeptical
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
When I joined Twitter in 2014, this was the 2nd tweet I posted.
“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate." --Henry David Thoreau
Part of me thought it was cool, but another part was skeptical
“We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate." --Henry David Thoreau
Part of me thought it was cool, but another part was skeptical
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Set aside how you feel about 12 step programs, this bit from the AA Big Book is a faithful evocation of many folks' experience with trying to get sober by not being able to physically get at the drug. (Excuse the "Eskimo" reference, it was a different time)
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Set aside how you feel about 12 step programs, this bit from the AA Big Book is a faithful evocation of many folks' experience with trying to get sober by not being able to physically get at the drug. (Excuse the "Eskimo" reference, it was a different time)