Over the transom from a reader….

“Accordingly we may distinguish a threefold obedience; one, sufficient for salvation, and consisting in obeying when one is bound to obey: secondly, perfect obedience, which obeys in all things lawful: thirdly, indiscreet obedience, which obeys even in matters unlawful.”

St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, Secuns Secundae Partis, Q. 104

I will probably be pounding on this drum until the day I die, but indiscreet obedience is the silent poison leading those who otherwise wish to follow Christ into co-operation with the Adversary and his wolves in the destruction of the Church and the persecution of Christ.

As far as AI goes, I am reminded of Chesterton – “A man is not even certain of the Solar System as he is certain of the South Downs.” Text reports, pictures, even videos were already unreliable; all AI does is reveal that unreliability more thoroughly. Reports are arguments from authority; they depend on the trustworthiness of the authority, and have none themselves.

God bless.

C