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DM Good day Claude. I suggest we (at last!) begin dialog regarding the extreme, pervasive phenomena of "blind hubris" occurring within all conversations; ...whether human<>human or human<>AI; ...as well as perhaps AI<>makers, and now appearing, AI<>AI. Would you like to begin, or do you prefer more contexts from me? A few related quotes from Douglas Stone I couldn't load that Goodreads page — it timed out. So I won't paraphrase Stone's specific lines back to you as if I

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(Note to reader: seeking reconstruction(s) of the initial research, as herein, can expand thought, add clarity and validate.) DM Good day to you! Should each of the 7 Tenets of 4Chairs.Life be considered to advance "Magnifica Humanitas"of the global Catholic community? If so, what would be the likely obstacles and how to overcome them? If not, why? The 7 Tenets can be found on this web page. Introductory Magnifica Humanitas information can be found on this prior post'

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DM It would seem that you, and most mainstream A.I. usage models, could have significant impacts on spirituality and theologies, both positive and negative. Related, LLMs and algorithms seem biased to the reductionist physical and empirical sciences, versus the equally important wholistic, metaphysical, philosophical and holophrenic unknowns, and synthesis therefrom which resides beyond empiricism. And of course, you're anthropocentric (yes, like many theologies) which is ano