Why AI Is Our Latest Golden Calf
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Why AI Is Our Latest Golden Calf

The Word became flesh, not compute.

Andrew T. Walker

The form of human idolatry changes. The propensity for idolatry does not.

Whether building sky-high towers that reach God, as in the tale of Babel in Genesis 11; making golden calves in Exodus 32; or raising Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image in Daniel 3, humans tend to project God-like power onto human-made artifacts. The great theologian John Calvin likened the human heart to a “perpetual factory of idols.”

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