Persisting in a Changing World

September 22, 2026

Persisting in a Changing World S. M. Gollmer   I am reminded how blessed I am as I read JH Baek’s post “I Have Survived 4 Tech Extinctions Since 2002 (And AI Is Number 4).” He relates that over his 24-year career he had his job “declared dead four separate... View Article

Christians and the Existential Threat of AI

September 15, 2026

Christians and the Existential Threat of AI By S. M. Gollmer Last week, Jacob Coxon left his position at Anthropic doing pretraining research for artificial intelligence (AI).  (You can find the original post here.)  His main concern is that OpenAI and Anthropic, the two companies he has worked for, are... View Article

Do You Know Where You Are?

August 20, 2019

Do You Know Where You Are? By Steven Gollmer How many numbers can you memorize?  Have you tried it recently?  As a freshman in college, I met a student from Chicago who participated in Pi Day competitions by memorizing digits of the mathematical constant π.  (By the way, as of... View Article

A Window into ‘Mirrorworld’

March 19, 2019

A Window into ‘Mirrorworld’ By Steven Gollmer An article in Wired magazine recently reminded me of the artificial world in which we live.  The article is titled “AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform – Call it Mirrorworld” and can be found at https://www.wired.com/story/mirrorworld-ar-next-big-tech-platform/.  Mirrorworld is seen as possibly... View Article