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Reaching for a metaphor to describe AI and today’s moment of technological upheaval, the Rev. Brendan McGuire picked out a whopper.
“When fire was first discovered, it changed humanity: We learned how to reward ourselves,” hunting and then cooking over the flames, said McGuire, pastor of St. Simon Catholic Parish in Los Altos, Calif. “And it became essential for human life.” Just then, McGuire stopped and briefly reconsidered himself. “Ok, maybe it’s not quite that we’re rediscovering fire,” the priest sai
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