Tim Challies, “AI Is Coming for Your Systematic Theology” (Challies.com)

“If you were to visit Amazon today and search for ‘systematic theology,’ it would not take you long to find a host of similar works. Many of them have scads of enthusiastic reviews and feature realistic-sounding author bios that say things like, he ‘is a Christian author and teacher of systematic theology with a passion for making biblical doctrine clear, accessible, and meaningful for today’s readers.’ Yet in reality, he does not exist at all, and the books under his name have been generated through nothing more than clever prompting of a Large Language Model.”

Joel J. Miller, “Who Killed the Book Review?” (Miller’s Book Review)

“The rise of the internet didn’t just undermine cultural gatekeepers; it undermined the business model that kept all those gatekeepers employed. The standard account provides a decent if somewhat insufficient explanation. Classifieds migrated to Craigslist, display ads to Google and Facebook, and what funds remained had to buoy the shrinking newsroom. Book sections were among the most obvious places to trim—minimal ad dollars, an absentee audience, and they were easy to cut or squirrel away in other parts of the paper.”

Betsy Childs Howard, “Raise Kids to Be Reality Respecters” (The Gospel Coalition)

“Years ago, my coworker and I were sitting at our desks with the office door open. One of our colleagues walked by with his young daughter, and we overheard him say to her, ‘You can be anything you want to be.’ Instinctively, my office mate and I turned toward each other with our eyebrows raised. Although the fatherly intention behind the inspirational pep talk was good, it just wasn’t true.

“We can’t be anything we want to be.”