Ben Kreiter
@benkreiter.com
I'm a Bible teacher who is pretty interested these days in the moral dimension of technology. In my feed I'll talk a lot about education, technology and scripture, and a little about other things.
"The witness is not given to a pre-determined outcome. The witness testifies to the truth, come what may, often at great expense. The witness has no other outcome in mind than speaking the truth, and is not directed to hold back parts of the truth which are inconvenient."
September 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
"The witness is not given to a pre-determined outcome. The witness testifies to the truth, come what may, often at great expense. The witness has no other outcome in mind than speaking the truth, and is not directed to hold back parts of the truth which are inconvenient."
My daughter told me on the way to school that each morning they watch a video of someone doing something nice for someone else and talk about it. Yesterday was about how a class set up a visitation and food schedule for a classmate (and family) in long term ICU.
That's a good curricular decision.
That's a good curricular decision.
September 9, 2026 at 3:19 PM
My daughter told me on the way to school that each morning they watch a video of someone doing something nice for someone else and talk about it. Yesterday was about how a class set up a visitation and food schedule for a classmate (and family) in long term ICU.
That's a good curricular decision.
That's a good curricular decision.
"It seems to me that those who yearn for the Singularity, who live in perpetual pursuit of an infinitely far-away destination—respectable—seem to envy those who have found a love so deep for something that they’re willing to stop the world to keep it."
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/the-month-...
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/the-month-...
The Month AI Conquered Math: The Full Story
The story of July 2026: the conjectures that fell, the humans who celebrate and mourn them, and the limits of what machines can conquer
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com
August 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
"It seems to me that those who yearn for the Singularity, who live in perpetual pursuit of an infinitely far-away destination—respectable—seem to envy those who have found a love so deep for something that they’re willing to stop the world to keep it."
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/the-month-...
www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/the-month-...
Really good game. I just hope how close it is doesn't keep the broadcast from letting me know which celebrities are in attendance.
June 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Really good game. I just hope how close it is doesn't keep the broadcast from letting me know which celebrities are in attendance.
I think back to all the times as a kid in church and we talked about there weren't really literal idols any more. Our idols were money or looks.
Now pastors are worshiping massive golden idols of Trump on his lawn and he'll still have 80%+ evangelical approval.
Dan 3 in the flesh. Wild stuff.
Now pastors are worshiping massive golden idols of Trump on his lawn and he'll still have 80%+ evangelical approval.
Dan 3 in the flesh. Wild stuff.
Evangelical Christian leaders literally gathering around a gold statue of the president and celebrating it, all while raging against any accusation of idolatry.
This is what idol worship looks like.
This is what idol worship looks like.
May 9, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I think back to all the times as a kid in church and we talked about there weren't really literal idols any more. Our idols were money or looks.
Now pastors are worshiping massive golden idols of Trump on his lawn and he'll still have 80%+ evangelical approval.
Dan 3 in the flesh. Wild stuff.
Now pastors are worshiping massive golden idols of Trump on his lawn and he'll still have 80%+ evangelical approval.
Dan 3 in the flesh. Wild stuff.
Tried an agentic project with the new Opus via Github Copilot. Wanted to understand impact on human experience with agentic tools.
1. Agents make everything a coding project.
2. People prompt chatbots. Agents prompt people.
3. Human in the loop is not possible. Too fast & way too much to review.
1. Agents make everything a coding project.
2. People prompt chatbots. Agents prompt people.
3. Human in the loop is not possible. Too fast & way too much to review.
March 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Tried an agentic project with the new Opus via Github Copilot. Wanted to understand impact on human experience with agentic tools.
1. Agents make everything a coding project.
2. People prompt chatbots. Agents prompt people.
3. Human in the loop is not possible. Too fast & way too much to review.
1. Agents make everything a coding project.
2. People prompt chatbots. Agents prompt people.
3. Human in the loop is not possible. Too fast & way too much to review.
I'm not unfamiliar with the level of support Trump has among evangelicals, but I got to be honest.
The number of my former theology professors in the last few months who explicitly excuse his moral failings has hit me harder than I would have expected.
The number of my former theology professors in the last few months who explicitly excuse his moral failings has hit me harder than I would have expected.
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I'm not unfamiliar with the level of support Trump has among evangelicals, but I got to be honest.
The number of my former theology professors in the last few months who explicitly excuse his moral failings has hit me harder than I would have expected.
The number of my former theology professors in the last few months who explicitly excuse his moral failings has hit me harder than I would have expected.
Lots of debate over angles and milliseconds. Matters in court, but for the rest of us it boils down to:
Should people that get in the way of ICE die?
Its an extension of, "should someone without the right papers die at CECOT?"
Angles aren't changing minds. Your heart has grown cold or it hasn't.
Should people that get in the way of ICE die?
Its an extension of, "should someone without the right papers die at CECOT?"
Angles aren't changing minds. Your heart has grown cold or it hasn't.
January 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Lots of debate over angles and milliseconds. Matters in court, but for the rest of us it boils down to:
Should people that get in the way of ICE die?
Its an extension of, "should someone without the right papers die at CECOT?"
Angles aren't changing minds. Your heart has grown cold or it hasn't.
Should people that get in the way of ICE die?
Its an extension of, "should someone without the right papers die at CECOT?"
Angles aren't changing minds. Your heart has grown cold or it hasn't.
I sniffed the theobros turning towards Fuentes after the Carlson interview. There was a lot of "I'm not saying we agree on everything, but..."
Even so, it's certainly strange to see them sit down with him for a "We have been too hard on Hitler..." talk just a few months later.
Even so, it's certainly strange to see them sit down with him for a "We have been too hard on Hitler..." talk just a few months later.
January 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I sniffed the theobros turning towards Fuentes after the Carlson interview. There was a lot of "I'm not saying we agree on everything, but..."
Even so, it's certainly strange to see them sit down with him for a "We have been too hard on Hitler..." talk just a few months later.
Even so, it's certainly strange to see them sit down with him for a "We have been too hard on Hitler..." talk just a few months later.
The age of men is over, the time of wet rat winter has come
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The age of men is over, the time of wet rat winter has come
For the Christian I don't think much separates this from consulting a medium. Something besides the resting dead speaks using their image.
While a chatbot doing it feels better than a demon, I'm not sure the distinction is meaningful enough to make the former acceptable practice within the faith.
While a chatbot doing it feels better than a demon, I'm not sure the distinction is meaningful enough to make the former acceptable practice within the faith.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For the Christian I don't think much separates this from consulting a medium. Something besides the resting dead speaks using their image.
While a chatbot doing it feels better than a demon, I'm not sure the distinction is meaningful enough to make the former acceptable practice within the faith.
While a chatbot doing it feels better than a demon, I'm not sure the distinction is meaningful enough to make the former acceptable practice within the faith.
Vance unintentionally putting immigrants in good company
"Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them."
Luke 12:37 (among many many references)
"Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them."
Luke 12:37 (among many many references)
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Vance unintentionally putting immigrants in good company
"Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them."
Luke 12:37 (among many many references)
"Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them."
Luke 12:37 (among many many references)
"Think about it, you walk into a bank and you see 50 year mortgage sitting there–there's 51 year mortgage right beside it. Which one are you gunna pick?"
two men are sitting in the back seat of a car . one of them is pointing at something .
ALT: two men are sitting in the back seat of a car . one of them is pointing at something .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"Think about it, you walk into a bank and you see 50 year mortgage sitting there–there's 51 year mortgage right beside it. Which one are you gunna pick?"
AI's primary use case for writing is cheating at school. For images its making stock imagery, and for video its commercial. Well and for all three pornography.
Its best at the kinds of communication we would be better off without.
Its best at the kinds of communication we would be better off without.
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
AI's primary use case for writing is cheating at school. For images its making stock imagery, and for video its commercial. Well and for all three pornography.
Its best at the kinds of communication we would be better off without.
Its best at the kinds of communication we would be better off without.
My LLM take of the day is that GPT-4o like sycophantic responses are pornographic even if OpenAI doesnt allow it to be sexually explicit.
Pornography has more to do with experiencing faux intimacy via control of media than it does actual intercourse (even though intercourse is the preferred form)
Pornography has more to do with experiencing faux intimacy via control of media than it does actual intercourse (even though intercourse is the preferred form)
October 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My LLM take of the day is that GPT-4o like sycophantic responses are pornographic even if OpenAI doesnt allow it to be sexually explicit.
Pornography has more to do with experiencing faux intimacy via control of media than it does actual intercourse (even though intercourse is the preferred form)
Pornography has more to do with experiencing faux intimacy via control of media than it does actual intercourse (even though intercourse is the preferred form)
I wrote for Adventist Today on Zohran Mamdani's appearance at an Adventist Evangelistic series. It looks at why this is a surprising venue for a campaign stop given the denomination's history, and how we got to this point.
atoday.org/sickness-in-...
atoday.org/sickness-in-...
Sickness in the City of God – Adventist Today
atoday.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I wrote for Adventist Today on Zohran Mamdani's appearance at an Adventist Evangelistic series. It looks at why this is a surprising venue for a campaign stop given the denomination's history, and how we got to this point.
atoday.org/sickness-in-...
atoday.org/sickness-in-...
I spoke with @joolia.bsky.social as she was writing this article. The Bluesky reaction on something AI wasn't a surprise to me at all, but it is interesting to be subject of it. Obviously I wasn't the article's main subject so our total convo got understandably boiled down to a couple quotes.
I spoke to parents who are letting their young kids play with generative AI and tried to sort through some of the questions they have about it.
"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.
Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."
"I don’t know what this is doing to their brains," one dad told me.
Meanwhile, Sam Altman says, "Kids love ChatGPT on voicemode."
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I spoke with @joolia.bsky.social as she was writing this article. The Bluesky reaction on something AI wasn't a surprise to me at all, but it is interesting to be subject of it. Obviously I wasn't the article's main subject so our total convo got understandably boiled down to a couple quotes.
Reposted by Ben Kreiter
If you want to understand Internet-native nihilism, I recommend default.blog and this piece I did late last year:
www.tabletmag.com/feature/adam...
www.tabletmag.com/feature/adam...
Adam Lanza Fan Art
My foray into the online world of true crime fandom, where people treat school shooters and serial killers not as criminals but like characters from their favorite movies or novels
www.tabletmag.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you want to understand Internet-native nihilism, I recommend default.blog and this piece I did late last year:
www.tabletmag.com/feature/adam...
www.tabletmag.com/feature/adam...
FL schools are spending $600k for a 3 school pilot program to have "30-90" drones per campus with less-lethal weaponry and a 100mph top speed. They will be piloted from TX by "the best drone racing pilots in the world."
Surely violent machines piloted by hobbyist racers will make schools safer.
Surely violent machines piloted by hobbyist racers will make schools safer.
Florida schools introducing armed drones that respond to shootings within seconds
Three Florida school districts are trialing the weaponized drone system after it was approved by Governor Ron DeSantis.
www.techspot.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FL schools are spending $600k for a 3 school pilot program to have "30-90" drones per campus with less-lethal weaponry and a 100mph top speed. They will be piloted from TX by "the best drone racing pilots in the world."
Surely violent machines piloted by hobbyist racers will make schools safer.
Surely violent machines piloted by hobbyist racers will make schools safer.
The first 2 times the leader of a non-covenant nation are divinely judged in scripture (Gen 12, 20) is because of sexual immorality. They take a woman who isn't theirs to be with.
Their repentance spares the nation, but God's people suffer for encouraging this behavior.
May those with ears hear.
Their repentance spares the nation, but God's people suffer for encouraging this behavior.
May those with ears hear.
August 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The first 2 times the leader of a non-covenant nation are divinely judged in scripture (Gen 12, 20) is because of sexual immorality. They take a woman who isn't theirs to be with.
Their repentance spares the nation, but God's people suffer for encouraging this behavior.
May those with ears hear.
Their repentance spares the nation, but God's people suffer for encouraging this behavior.
May those with ears hear.
Reposted by Ben Kreiter
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
Social Media made us more desperate for attention.
Now with LLM chatbots offering attention whenever and however we want it, it will create a desperation for trust, even if you don't use them.
How many times already have you asked if you are reading someone's words or what an LLM said for them?
Now with LLM chatbots offering attention whenever and however we want it, it will create a desperation for trust, even if you don't use them.
How many times already have you asked if you are reading someone's words or what an LLM said for them?
June 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Social Media made us more desperate for attention.
Now with LLM chatbots offering attention whenever and however we want it, it will create a desperation for trust, even if you don't use them.
How many times already have you asked if you are reading someone's words or what an LLM said for them?
Now with LLM chatbots offering attention whenever and however we want it, it will create a desperation for trust, even if you don't use them.
How many times already have you asked if you are reading someone's words or what an LLM said for them?
An entire article on replacing seminary instruction with AI because AI will be able to "do it better," and not a single bit of reflection on how God used Spirit-filled humans to write the Bible, and how teaching is one of the spiritual gifts.
How do you miss this?
mereorthodoxy.com/ai-seminaries
How do you miss this?
mereorthodoxy.com/ai-seminaries
AI is Coming for Online Pastoral Education
Online seminary training as it exists today is Borders Books. AI is Amazon. Like it or not, online pastoral training is about to change dramatically.
mereorthodoxy.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
An entire article on replacing seminary instruction with AI because AI will be able to "do it better," and not a single bit of reflection on how God used Spirit-filled humans to write the Bible, and how teaching is one of the spiritual gifts.
How do you miss this?
mereorthodoxy.com/ai-seminaries
How do you miss this?
mereorthodoxy.com/ai-seminaries
"After all, if we hardwire conscience into tools, we shouldn’t be surprised when the wrench decides who’s guilty."
www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-to-do...
www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-to-do...
What to do when the AI blackmails you
in questions we're all going to have to learn to ask
www.strangeloopcanon.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"After all, if we hardwire conscience into tools, we shouldn’t be surprised when the wrench decides who’s guilty."
www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-to-do...
www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/what-to-do...
"We have discovered a new thing that no one has ever thought of before. It will change your life dramatically."
- Every new silicon valley startup
What it actually means:
"We have created a way to collect more of your personal information to sell"
Every single time.
- Every new silicon valley startup
What it actually means:
"We have created a way to collect more of your personal information to sell"
Every single time.
“The product will be capable of being fully aware of a user’s surroundings and life, will be unobtrusive, able to rest in one’s pocket or on one’s desk, and will be a third core device a person would put on a desk after a MacBook Pro and an iPhone.” 🫠
Exclusive | What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He’s Making With Jony Ive
The idea is a “chance to do the biggest thing we’ve ever done as a company here,” Altman told OpenAI employees Wednesday.
www.wsj.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"We have discovered a new thing that no one has ever thought of before. It will change your life dramatically."
- Every new silicon valley startup
What it actually means:
"We have created a way to collect more of your personal information to sell"
Every single time.
- Every new silicon valley startup
What it actually means:
"We have created a way to collect more of your personal information to sell"
Every single time.