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\title{Theses and dissertations}
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\import{table-macros}
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\def\percent{\startverb%\stopverb
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\title{6th Sunday After Pentecost 2025}
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\tag{cmc}
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\date{2025-07-20}
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\author{liamoc}
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\quote{
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Ecce Deus ádiuvat me, et Dóminus suscéptor est ánimæ meæ: avérte mala inimícis meis, in veritáte tua dispérde illos, protéctor meus Dómine.
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\p{Today our choir at [All Saints Ainslie](https://allsaintsainslie.org.au) performed the amazing, brief, but very difficult anthem [I Sat Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pc41lxwd7k) by John Bairstow, with text taken from the Song of Solomon:}
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\quote{
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\poem{
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\line{I sat down under his shadow with great delight,}
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\line{and his fruit was sweet to my taste.}
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\line{He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was Love.}
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\line{I sat down under his shadow.}
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\p{I didn't go to Evensong today both because I was busy and because I suspected the normal St. Paul's Choir would not be singing again.}
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\date{2025-07-20}
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\author{liamoc}
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\title{Open Letter against LLMs in Education}
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\p{Those close to me know that I believe generative AI technologies, particularly when used to replace human creative pursuits, are fundamentally a spiritually damaging invention. It is fundamentally wrong and harmful to humanity. We would all be better off if we consigned this technology to the dustbin of history.}
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\p{I believe this on a deeper level than most of my intellectual concerns. In short, I oppose this technology for religious reasons. I say "religious reasons" because religious convictions are personal and aren't typically up for debate in public conversation. I have no interest in debating the merits of this technology. Also, my actual religious views, such as they are, place a great deal of emphasis on the dignity of the human person and the value of human connections. This technology undermines and devalues both.}
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\p{Rather than try to expound upon this topic, which makes me depressed and miserable, I will just link some articles by various talented people that I think well encapsulate my views:}
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\li{[I am not a Paintbrush](https://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/i_am_not_a_paintbrush.html) by Daniel Mitsui, ink artist and sacred illumination expert.}
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\li{[The rise of whatever](https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/) by eevee a.k.a. evelyn woods, creator and game developer.}
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\li{[I'd rather read the prompt](https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/) by Clayton W. Ramsey, Computer Scientist.}
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\p{For this reason I was very pleased when I saw that [[edwinb]] and [[jonsterling]] had signed and shared [this open letter](https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-from-educators-who-refuse-the-call-to-adopt-genai-in-education-cb4aee75) for educators to outright reject the use of generative AI in their classrooms. I was proud to sign. I encourage all of you reading, if you work in education, to sign as well.}
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