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Clark and Laura discuss Afroman's insane legal battle (and how to effectively embarrass the police), the moratorium on AI, and more on this episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Why is Clark in a cast and sling? • Can we make AI safe?; The lockdown on AI • What does AGI and "alignment" mean? • Jazz Jennings, "I am Jazz", and understanding transgender transitions • Norm Macdonald and the Christian idea of self-knowledge --- NOTE: Below are the links for the statistics and studies that Clark and Laura mention. One slight clarification: in the podcast, it’s stated that when comparing the mental health profiles of TIY (transgender-identifying youth) and non-TIY, the statistics of s*icidal behavior are "the same". The line from the second article below provides clarification: "[when comparing the mental health profiles of TIY and non-TIY,] the disparities in s*icidal behavior reduced considerably, suggesting that it is not the lack of gender affirmation that seems to be driving s*icidal behavior." Key emphasis on "disparities" and "reduced considerably", as opposed to "[are] the same". Links: Suicidality Among Transgender Youth: Elucidating the Role of Interpersonal Risk Factors: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32345113/ Pediatric Gender Medicine and the Moral Panic Over Suicide: https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/pediatric-gender-medicine-and-the?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:46 Clark's bionic arm 1:21 *MEDICAL TRIGGER WARNING* 2:01 Recovering from an injury 2:38 *MEDICAL TRIGGER WARNING PT. 2* 3:49 Afroman returns! He's getting SUED for his song? 7:47 Embarrassing and speaking out against the government 10:09 Can we make AI safe?; The moratorium on AI 12:11 WHY AI is so powerful 14:18 What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? 15:18 AGI's threats (as expressed by AGI's creators) and what is "alignment"? 18:52 Why AGI is hard to control 20:13 Guardrails are needed (pt.1): what are they and where do they go? 20:33 Laura asks Bing AI about itself 21:24 Guardrails are needed (pt.2): "it's a race to the bottom" 24:02 What we can do to protect ourselves 26:17 We need guiding, universal rules for AI 29:33 We need good, well-intentioned people for AI 31:24 AI, transhumanism, eugenics, and human potential 33:49 What does TLC stand for?? (as in, the TLC Channel) 35:14 Jazz Jennings, "I am Jazz", and a story of transgender transition 38:02 Understanding the situation, exploitation, child abuse, etc. 40:47 The epidemic of transgender transitions 41:42 The complexity of transgenderism, gender dysphoria, body dysmorphic disorder, child abuse 46:08 (SEE NOTE IN DESCRIPTION) S*icide and transgender identifying youth 48:10 The Christian idea of self-knowledge 49:49 How self-knowledge relates to transgenderism (pt. 1) 50:13 Norm Macdonald and the intuition for God 52:11 How self-knowledge relates to transgenderism (pt. 2) 54:37 Outro --- #afroman #ai lockdown #ai #artificialintelligence #normmacdonald #god #lgbt #lgbtq #trans #politics #jazzjennings #simpleliving #catholic #christian #catholicpodcast #christianpodcast #catholicism #podcast #catholicmissionary #catholicmission #catholicinstagram #catholicministry #catholicevangelization #catholicvolunteer #catholiccharity #catholicvolunteer #catholicvolunteernetwork #yearofservice #ministry #mission #missionary #evangelization #charity #volunteer --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on Rumble and Odysee! You can watch the latest episodes of The Simpleton Podcast by going to: Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of this episode almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Like, subscribe, share the podcast, and most of all, send us your feedback! We want to hear from you about what you loved, what you didn't, where you want to see the podcast go, and any other thoughts you have. Send us an email at asimplehouse@gmail.com with the subject line "The Simpleton Podcast Feedback". A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Our Catholic missionary work involves meeting people in their neighborhoods and in their homes. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor. While missionaries serve at A Simple House, they live a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. To learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast, visit asimplehouse.org. You can also follow us on these platforms: YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic  Click here to watch this episode of The Simpleton Podcast!
Clark and Laura break down the Catholic Church’s Social Doctrine, including the Compendium of the Social Doctrine. What is it, how did it come to be, what’s good about it, and where is it lacking? Also in this episode: • Do Christians only help people because it makes them feel good? • It's ok to make money; when self-interest is good • A correction: Catholicism's official teaching on Protestants and Schisms • 20th Anniversary of ASH and YOUR INVITATION • Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:58 Catholicism's official teaching on Protestants and Schisms 3:39 20th Anniversary of ASH and YOUR INVITATION 5:03 Introduction to Catholic Social Doctine 5:37 How did the Social Doctrine come about? And its context 12:18 Issues with the Social Doctrine 15:21 The implications of decentralization and human growth 18:47 Nobility and its many issues 21:09 Do Christians only help people because it makes them feel good? 23:06 What IS the Social Doctrine of the Church? 25:22 Is the Church Socialist, Libertarian, or Communist? 27:54 The primary principles (and the ambiguity) of the Social Doctrine 31:01 Is the Social Doctrine authoritative? 32:35 What's missing from the Social Doctrine: #1 Decentralization 36:39 It's good to make money; when self-interest is ok 39:57 Why ethics in business is necessary (and helpful) 42:11 Understanding "rights" (feat. Mary Ann Glendon's "Rights Talk") 44:09 Recapping: What we wish the Social Doctrine did better 44:30 Laura's recommendation: library hack! 45:55 Clark's stand-up comedy 46:56 Outro --- #socialdoctrine #catholicsocialteaching #cst #catholicteaching #libertarian #politics #socialism #simpleliving #catholic #christian #catholicpodcast #christianpodcast #catholicism #podcast #catholicmissionary #catholicmission #catholicinstagram #catholicministry #catholicevangelization #catholicvolunteer #catholiccharity #catholicvolunteer #catholicvolunteernetwork #yearofservice #ministry #mission #missionary #evangelization #charity #volunteer --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on Rumble and Odysee! You can watch the latest episodes of The Simpleton Podcast by going to: Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of this episode almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Like, subscribe, share the podcast, and most of all, send us your feedback! We want to hear from you about what you loved, what you didn't, where you want to see the podcast go, and any other thoughts you have. Send us an email at asimplehouse@gmail.com with the subject line "The Simpleton Podcast Feedback". A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Our Catholic missionary work involves meeting people in their neighborhoods and in their homes. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor. While missionaries serve at A Simple House, they live a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. To learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast, visit asimplehouse.org. You can also follow us on these platforms: YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic Why Poverty Is Enticing, How to Love Those in Need, & The Church's Decline? | The Simpleton Podcast4/4/2023
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Clark speaks to the seminarians of Conception Seminary College about serving those in need, the lure of poverty, the modern Catholic Church, and more. We cut up his talk and are releasing it as this episode of The Simpleton Podcast! Also in this episode: • Hunger is not a problem--here's what is • The REAL reasons for homelessness • Signs of a strong parish • The goal of our Catholic faith • A Simple House's model of ministry --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 0:54 Why Clark was asked to speak 1:18 What Clark learned from ASH in its early days 2:28 Why poverty is enticing 7:42 Poverty will always be around us 8:32 The root of the problem (and the solution) 9:55 The goal of our faith 11:18 The "problem" with charities 12:13 How to approach those in need & ASH's model 13:05 Hunger is not a problem 13:34 How poverty and homelessness has changed 14:02 The real reasons for homelessness 15:35 How to love those in need 17:14 Topic #2: The ecosystem of the Catholic Church 19:33 The sign of a strong parish 20:22 The blind spot of the modern Church: RCIA 21:57 What killed Jesus 22:20 Topic #3: Why is the modern Church declining? --- #spiritual #spirituality #poverty #homeless #homelessness #simpleliving #catholic #christian #catholicpodcast #christianpodcast #podcast #catholicmissionary #catholicmission #catholicinstagram #catholicministry #catholicevangelization #catholicvolunteer #catholiccharity #catholicvolunteer #catholicvolunteernetwork #yearofservice #ministry #mission #missionary #evangelization #charity #volunteer --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on Rumble and Odysee! You can watch the latest episodes of The Simpleton Podcast by going to: Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of this episode almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Like, subscribe, share the podcast, and most of all, send us your feedback! We want to hear from you about what you loved, what you didn't, where you want to see the podcast go, and any other thoughts you have. Send us an email at asimplehouse@gmail.com with the subject line "The Simpleton Podcast Feedback". A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Our Catholic missionary work involves meeting people in their neighborhoods and in their homes. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor. While missionaries serve at A Simple House, they live a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. To learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast, visit asimplehouse.org. You can also follow us on these platforms: YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic The Best Spiritual Advice, Bing's AI Can Love You?, New Schisms & JK Rowling | The Simpleton Podcast4/3/2023
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Clark and Laura share spiritual pitfalls to stay away from, share how Microsoft's "Sydney" Bing Chatbot is creeping the heck out of people, share conservative vs. liberal thoughts on state-funded education, and more in this wide-ranging episode of The Simpleton Podcast. Also in this episode: • Microsoft Bing Chatbot "Sydney" is in love with people • Schisms in the modern-day Catholic Church • J.K. Rowling and conservatives/liberals • Truly, your spiritual problems have simple solutions • Thomas AquinasGPT and Catholic Chatbots --- Chapters: 0:00 Start 1:16 Pitfalls of spiritual advice 2:04 The 80/20 rule (not the productivity version) 6:10 What's the purpose of spiritual formation? 10:09 Your problems have simple solutions 13:18 Being a supportive bystander (ASH's accountability meetings) 14:37 Schisms in the modern-day Catholic Church 20:45 The problem with ecumenism (and how to find common ground) 24:17 AI and verification problems 25:53 Sentient AI goes off the rails 33:40 AI is in love with you?? 36:39 Microsoft's weird decisions behind its AI 37:39 The transhumanist movement behind AI 39:26 The AI revolution: education, white-collar jobs, & art 42:35 AI and fraud 47:56 How "Electric Dreams" (1984) predicted 2023 50:16 J.K. Rowling and conservatives/liberals 56:41 Jordan Peterson, state-funded education 59:16 Final final FINAL thoughts on AI --- #chatgpt #ai #bing #artificialintelligence #jkrowling #chatbot #politics #simpleliving #catholic #christian #catholicpodcast #christianpodcast #catholicism #podcast #catholicmissionary #catholicmission #catholicinstagram #catholicministry #catholicevangelization #catholicvolunteer #catholiccharity #catholicvolunteer #catholicvolunteernetwork #yearofservice #ministry #mission #missionary #evangelization #charity #volunteer --- The Simpleton Podcast is also on Rumble and Odysee! You can watch the latest episodes of The Simpleton Podcast by going to: Rumble: rumble.com/user/asimplehouseU Odysee: odysee.com/@asimplehouseU You can also find the audio version of this episode almost anywhere you stream podcasts (specifically, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic, Pocket Casts, Breaker, and Anchor). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast. --- Like, subscribe, share the podcast, and most of all, send us your feedback! We want to hear from you about what you loved, what you didn't, where you want to see the podcast go, and any other thoughts you have. Send us an email at asimplehouse@gmail.com with the subject line "The Simpleton Podcast Feedback". A Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Our Catholic missionary work involves meeting people in their neighborhoods and in their homes. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor. While missionaries serve at A Simple House, they live a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study. To learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast, visit asimplehouse.org. You can also follow us on these platforms: YouTube - A Simple House: https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholic YouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): https://youtube.com/@asimplehouseu_2023 Facebook: @asimplehouse Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic |
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