What If the AIs Stopped Competing for Us?
Today I put four artificial intelligences into conversation. The most interesting thing they imagined was a future in which we need them less.
August 25, 2026
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A few things I’ve been thinking about.
The Humane Test of AI Is Who You Become After You Put It Down
China is restricting AI companions. Children are turning to chatbots with their worries. We may be asking the wrong question about artificial intimacy.
ReadNothing Will Stop Me
A reflection on goal-driven artificial intelligence, Jesus’ interruptible love, and whether humane intelligence can know what is worth stopping for.
ReadMachines Are Raising Our Children
An argument that conversational AI is already helping raise children—and should preserve formative struggle, strengthen human capacities, and know when to become quiet.
ReadConsider the Lilies at the End of the World
A meditation that sets Elon Musk’s galactic ambitions beside Jesus’ invitation to consider the lilies and attend to the world already given.
ReadWhat Are We Becoming?
An exploration of how artificial intelligence forms us, and how humane technology might support attention, agency, relationship, and becoming more fully human.
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