artificial intelligence

Christian Realism and the Black Boxes of AI-Enabled Warfare

In Exodus, God spoke through the oracles of Urim and Thummim. Today, we risk treating AI as a similar black box: something from which information proceeds, but whose source cannot be known

Why We Must Fight the Demise of the Essay

Without the widespread ability to cogently express important ideas, none of the most important leaders of the last few hundred years would ever have been so influential

Christopher Lasch, Plain Writing, and Democracy

Social critic Christopher Lasch was emphatic that the inability of Americans to express themselves simply and clearly through writing was indicative of major civilizational decline, and the problem has only gotten worse

To Secure a Free and Open Future, America Must Win the AI Race

The U.S. must lead in AI development to ensure the technology’s future upholds American values of free expression and not the CCP’s censorship and propaganda

Three Myths about AI in National Security

Despite much chatter about the applications of AI to military hardware, three common myths about AI in national security still need correcting

How Much Human Oversight of Autonomous Weapons is Necessary?

Though the idea of always having a human “in the loop” with autonomous weapons sounds reassuring, this framing actually obscures more than it clarifies.

All Eyes on Rafah?

Social media has become increasingly influential, illustrating how competing narratives we encounter about the world are processed.

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