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Seven sermons from the pulpit, in text. Video follows. Every sermon ends with its strongest objection.

LATEST · SERMON I · TEXT · ARTICLE III

The Machine Does Not Want Anything

When we say the model wants to help, we move a decision off our own desk. A thing that wants can be blamed. A thing that does not want cannot. Anthropomorphism is not a vocabulary problem. It is a responsibility leak.

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THE WITNESS

If talking about wants makes people use these systems better, the metaphor earns its keep. Precision that nobody adopts protects no one.

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