Summary

George Morrison
17:11 (4 minutes ago)
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Dear Friends,
There was one thing Trump was keen on and that was AI.
He has a competitive spirit and drove the American industry
as hard as he could. We will see what happens now?
In Him,
George.
Word on the Week 7th November 2026.
Three No Trump
Bridge players will recognise the three no trump bid, if achieved, to
be a game winner. On the other hand, if you fail to make your bid
there are consequences.
As in the game, so in real life where, in a democracy, if you fail to
get your majority vote there are consequences. Just what these will
look like has yet to unfold but there is no doubt that some of
President Trump’s laws will be reversed.
In a democracy power is vested in the people, either directly or
through freely elected representatives. It is highly relational with
all parts of society having their say. An alternative is the
autocrat such as President Putin. There in Russia the decision
making part of government is in the hands of a single person. There
do not appear to be any checks or balances and Putin wields total
power.
Into this relatively stable world order comes Generative Artificial
Intelligence. It follows Chat GPT which was launched in 2022. Within
2 months it had 100 million users! This helps to explain why the AI
projects attract so much capital. Generative AI promises to make
even greater waves. It can create content; text, Audio, Video,
Images etc.
The dangers of AI are among other things it can make ‘fake news’ more
convincing. Also AI models have biases in the form of ethics;
politics or social topics. They are massive users of energy and
have large water demands to keep the Data Centre at a predetermined
temperature.
Perhaps the most problematical is their vulnerability to security
threats. As warfare becomes more and more digital the easy way to
disable a country may well be by bringing down its infrastructure.
An example of this is Russia’s war against Ukraine. Its capital city
of Kiev is the subject of sustained attack by digital operated aerial
weapons which are guided to their target.
One thing AI is not and that is relational. Love cannot be reduced
to code! Our Triune God is a relational God. In Moses, now an old
man, with dangers all around uttered these words from the Lord; “Be
strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them,
for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor
forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31 verses 7/8).
AI may copy being human but remember it is a machine not flesh and blood.