“Birthing people” and AI chat clones: Responding to “an increasingly bizarre present”
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 19 July 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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An article on the increase in births in Texas due to its enacted abortion ban in September 2021 refers to “pregnant individuals” and “birthing people” rather than using the word “women.” In other news, a lifestyle influencer is charging her followers $1/hour to chat with her AI clone. In this “increasingly bizarre present,” how should Christians pursue spiritual growth?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:42.3 | Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today is Wednesday, July the 19th, 2023. Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. |
| 0:55.0 | As I and others have reported, nearly 10,000 babies have been saved in Texas since the |
| 1:01.0 | state enacted its abortion ban in September 2021. |
| 1:05.0 | An article on the subject caught my eye, however, when it described those who gave birth |
| 1:10.0 | as pregnant individuals and birthing people. |
| 1:13.6 | In other news, a lifestyle influencer who makes money by talking with people about their anxieties |
| 1:19.2 | has created an AI clone. |
| 1:22.0 | Now, for a dollar a minute, people can chat with her digital double. |
| 1:25.9 | If they want to talk with her, they'll pay more. |
| 1:28.3 | The article is right. This, quote, move toward self-automation, seems to perfectly encapsulate |
| 1:35.3 | an increasingly bizarre present. Some scientists are claiming that the world has entered a new |
| 1:42.3 | epoch called Anthropocene, a phase in which humans, |
| 1:45.9 | rather than natural phenomena, are rapidly transforming our planet. While they are focusing on changes |
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