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“Curiosity & Questions: Jesus & Science Sunday” School Class

18 Oct 2020

Led by Dr. Wesley Fryer

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Narrow Artificial Intelligence - The Future Is Bright?�Chapter 4: “2084” by John C. Lennox

Bible Verses

Galatians 5:1-6

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Class Format Today

9:45 - 10:05 am Fellowship
Announcements
Opening Prayer
Current Events
Bible Verses

Big Question
Chapter Quotes
Table Talk
Joys & Concerns

* These bolded segments are NOT recorded

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Announcements

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www.technologyreview.com/podcast/in-machines-we-trust/

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Opening Prayer

“As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer. But, contrary to its serene appearance, the clouded globe of Venus is a world of intense heat, crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of corrosive acid.

This newly processed image revisits the original data with modern image processing software. A contrast-enhanced version of this view, also provided here, makes features in the planet's thick cloud cover visible in greater detail.

The clouds seen here are located about 40 miles (60 kilometers) above the planet's surface, at altitudes where Earth-like atmospheric pressures and temperatures exist. They are comprised of sulfuric acid particles, as opposed to water droplets or ice crystals, as on Earth. These cloud particles are mostly white in appearance; however, patches of red-tinted clouds also can be seen. This is due to the presence of a mysterious material that absorbs light at blue and ultraviolet wavelengths. Many chemicals have been suggested for this mystery component, from sulfur compounds to even biological materials, but a consensus has yet to be reached among researchers.

The clouds of Venus whip around the planet at nearly over 200 miles per hour (100 meters per second), circling the globe in about four and a half days. That these hurricane-force winds cover nearly the entire planet is another unexplained mystery, especially given that the solid planet itself rotates at a very slow 4 mph (less than 2 meters per second) — much slower than Earth's rotation rate of about 1,000 mph (450 meters per second).

The winds and clouds also blow to the west, not to the east as on the Earth. This is because the planet itself rotates to the west, backward compared to Earth and most of the other planets. As the clouds travel westward, they also typically progress toward the poles; this can be seen in the Mariner 10 view as a curved spiral pattern at mid latitudes. Near the equator, instead of long streaks, areas of more clumpy, discrete clouds can be seen, indicating enhanced upwelling and cloud formation in the equatorial region, spurred on by the enhanced power of sunlight there.

This view is a false color composite created by combining images taken using orange and ultraviolet spectral filters on the spacecraft's imaging camera. These were used for the red and blue channels of the color image, respectively, with the green channel synthesized by combining the other two images.

Flying past Venus en route to the first-ever flyby of Mercury, Mariner 10 became the first spacecraft to use a gravity assist to change its flight path in order to reach another planet. The images used to create this view were acquired by Mariner 10 on Feb. 7 and 8, 1974, a couple of days after the spacecraft's closest approach to Venus on Feb. 5.”

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Focus Bible Verses

Galatians 5:

1-6

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Bible Verse InfoPics: wfryer.me/bible

my.bible.com/bible/111/GAL.5.NIV

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twitter.com/wfryer/status/1317556460176408577

slate.com/technology/2020/10/cory-docotorow-sci-fi-intuition-pumps.html

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Big Question:

How does Scripture vs. the news inform the story you tell yourself about the future?

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2084book.com

Chapter Quotes

Chapter 4:

“Narrow Artificial Intelligence - The Future Is Bright?”

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From Chapter 3 (Lesson on October 4, 2020)

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Coming Feb 9, 2021

www.aiperspectives.com/book/

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death

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Where do we see AI today?

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www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html

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www.nytimes.com/2020/10/07/science/nobel-prize-chemistry-crispr.html

BioTech:

Tremendous potential to use for GOOD or for EVIL

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvmqqh1xIs4

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How are you imagining our collective future?

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Table Talk