The nonprofit Catholic Laity and Clergy for Renewal recently claimed it has been legally purchasing publicly available data to assess the use of “hookup apps” by seminarians and clergy.
Technology
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Could a smartphone destroy my child’s soul? A technological examination of conscience for parents
Technology is undeniably part of our lives. But when should it be introduced to children, used in schools or integrated into their social lives?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I asked A.I. to write homilies for Ash Wednesday—and the results were wild
This week, I gave Playground, a more customizable version of ChatGPT, a series of prompts for Ash Wednesday homilies. And the results were pretty astonishing.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
I asked an AI art generator to draw the communion of saints. I don’t love what it revealed about the Catholic Church.
What does A.I. paint as the communion of saints? And what does that say about how we have taught it to visualize the saints?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The Pulitzer winner who predicted Elon Musk and Elizabeth Holmes 25 years ago
A quarter-century after its release, Steven Millhauser’s ‘Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer’ shines a harsh but revealing light on some of the 21st century’s most powerful forces and enigmatic personalities.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
‘Why Does God Hate Me?’ A response to a frequently Googled question
I typed “Why does God…” into Google to see what would auto-populate. The question, “Why does God hate me?” was number three on the list.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
I asked an AI art generator to draw Catholicism in 20 different ways. Here’s what I learned.
I spent an evening running the word “Catholicism” through the 20+ filters of a popular AI image generator. The results were both stunning and revelatory.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: The limits of the human body
In ‘The Body Scout,’ Lincoln Michel explores the limits of what it means to be human through a future in which companies tempt consumers with upgrades—new arms, organs and more.
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Internet Explorer encapsulated the tech industry’s worst sins. So why am I nostalgic for it?
The demise of a browser seems meaningful, even if that browser was terrible.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
On Russian oligarchs and ours: we need to talk about our billionaire problem
Elon Musk is making headlines by buying Twitter, but he is only one of the American oligarchs working to protect their wealth while fighting policies that would benefit the common good.