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AI moral panic demands leadership, not pandering

he midterm elections are right around the corner, and both parties are about as popular as a Monday-morning visit to the DMV. The time-tested solution? Find a scapegoat, go negative, and blame the other side. This year the weaponized bogeyman is artificial intelligence. Many Americans ...

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In Marshalltown, we understand how important it is to have quality health care close to home. When someone has a heart attack, suffers a serious injury or receives a cancer diagnosis, the distance between a patient and the care they need matters. So does having enough doctors, nurses and ...

Bible Truth or Tradition: According to Hebrews 1:2, did God create the universe through Jesus?

Regarding the creation of the heavens and the earth, Wayne Grudem states the following on page 200 of his “Systematic Theology” book: “Before God made the universe, there was no matter, but then he created all things (Gen. 1:1; John 1:3; 1 Cor. 8:6; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:2). On pages 252 & 253 Grudem writes “….(Eph. 1:11). The phrase here translated “all things” (ta panta) is used frequently by Paul to refer to everything that exists or everything in creation (see for example, Eph. 1:10,23; 3:9; 4:10; Col. 1:16 [twice], 17; Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor 8:6 [twice]). He also notes: ...

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Our Bible Study group just studied Exodus 14:21-29 with the parting of the Red Sea and the pillar of fire and cloud. Some in our group viewed all this as mere natural events and not miracles from God. Are they correct? Even if one accepts the natural explanation (that very high winds parted the sea, and a volcano produced a cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night) the fact that such natural events occurred in this precise geographic location and that they occurred at this precise moment in time would still make me conclude they were miracles from God. It is true that a ...

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AI: Transforming the Fields of Agriculture The AI industry, including AI stocks, is currently taking a terrible hit amid criticism and fears expressed by political leaders, AI companies and academics. Despite this, artificial intelligence is plowing through the agricultural landscape in ways that were unimaginable a decade ago. AI technology is making farming smarter and more sustainable. AI doesn’t just help large scale farmers. Even small family farms can now access tools that were more resilient against climate change, once out of reach, ensuring better crop management, resource ...