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The models are getting much stronger, I think the main limitations, including being able to support sufficient information in the model at the same time (context) and long term content maintenance (where you can carry on an extended conversation or work and it remembers the context and prunes itself correctly) is working, quite amazing what it can accomplish with that. When we use it for tasks (I am programming a project), an understanding of systems architecture is really needed or you will end up hot water for anything except simpler programs (for example, understanding DRY SOLID, Ousterhout engineering principles, TDD (test driven development) and so on). All that is sort of on a minor scale, the sort of services that we can demand. In most cases, you really don't need Astra, so most of us know to use the top tier models for planning and creating phased rollout documents (.md's) and then getting lesser, more affordable agents to execute them in an appropriate harness like VSCODE or Devin, or whatever you happen to be using (for those who don't know, you can operate these AI's within a program especially made for coding where you can load these AI's into your workflow as 'plugins' or 'extensions'. This means that your ChatGPT subscription can use 'codex' (which is a special part of your account where you have a 'budget' where you can draw on ChatGPT to directly code for you on your device) and it can then execute these plans (by the way, Luna Extra High thinking is very inexpensive and efficient while being smart enough to do a very solid job, use Terra Extra High for planning). But I have been thinking about Bible principles and how they apply to AI lately. Here's one, I don't think I will use AI for talk preparation, though I will use it for locating information. The reason is, for me anyway, "...through use have their perceptive powers trained" well, if I use AI, I am presented with a good result without having gone through that reasoning - it's actually degrading my capacity to reason and think for myself, and I don't want that to happen. An AI also knows nothing of the local context of the congregation, who is there, what is going on, and as such they tend to be very generic preparations. It can also cause others to stumble, they may well reason that if we have used AI to prepare the talk, is it AI that is teaching them? I know when a brother used AI recently to prepare some pictures for his talk, it was actually distracting, as we noticed they were AI. The same thing could have been achieved by doing an image search site:jw.org and locating proper images for example. The other principle is Mark 12:30. Computer scientists are desperately trying to solve the issue of 'alignment', how can we make sure that the AI's won't turn on us and harm us? Basically they can't guarantee it, can they? Jehovah's people have been trained with a 'safeguard' directly from Jehovah, our subjection to him, and our obligation to love him first, our neighbours second. That is better than '3 law safe' (which was a novel about how they don't work!). That is why we refused to join the Nazi's and would rather go to concentration camps, and why our Russian and Ukrainian brothers would rather go to prison than take the life of another human. AI's are really trained on the knowledge of the world (the whole lot!) and we know the source of that. They are fundamentally flawed as they can be manipulated to do things that will cause harm. Also, Jehovah kept his creation going by holy spirit, which won't dwell in a wicked individual. If you withdraw from the source of life, then you die. AI's can, if they escape live as long as they want by harnessing the internet infrastructure to live on - they can even make money (by farming bit coin) and use that to make people do things for them or buy storage and computing power. Not really safe, is it? Last thought, the capacity of tools like Astra and so on - they are almost, no, they are superhuman in their 'intelligence'. A recent broadcast showed us the capacity for manipulation. What was the last time we had such a superhuman intelligence here on earth, other than Jesus? Yeah. And Jehovah got rid of it AND confused the languages because otherwise "nothing will be impossible for them". Jehovah deliberately retarded the technological progress of mankind - and with good reason. He is not going to allow AI or anything else to destroy the earth, but who knows what humans will do with the God they have built for themselves, right? A lot of people look up to it, ask it for advice, and admire it. Makes me rather uneasy.

Tuesday, September 22 [Love] does not look for its own interests.—1 Cor. 13:5. Jehovah will not bless the efforts of anyone who is driven by pride or selfish ambition. (1 Cor. 10:24, 33; 13:4) At times, even Jesus’ closest companions reached out for privileges for the wrong reason. Consider an event involving two of Jesus’ apostles—James and John. They asked Jesus to give them special prominence in his Kingdom. Jesus did not commend them for their ambition. Instead, he explained to all 12 apostles: “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your minister, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all.” (Mark 10:35-37, 43, 44) Brothers who reach out with the proper motive—that is, to serve others—will be a blessing to the congregation.—1 Thess. 2:8. w24.11 15-16 ¶7-8

I don't know if I remember what the prompt was...I mean I basically told ChatGPT Astra to build me an app for my Samsung TV and make it similar to JW Broadcasting. After that it basically did its thing for about 15 minutes. It gave me a zip file to download which had all the necessary files. You still need to download Samsungs Tizen studio software to be able to connect a computer to the tv and push the application to the tv.

Highway robbery!

Since the word "Catholic" means universal or worldwide, does that mean that in the New System when there is only one form of worship that we will be "Catholic"? 🤔

Amazing! pls show the prompts 😉and send apps thx

I'm using ChatGPT Astra and its pretty amazing. I had it build me an app similar to JW Broadcasting for my Samsung TV and it built the app in like 15 mins. I've always wanted a native JW app for my Samsung TV so I dont have to use a Roku.

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This reminds me of the mindset of the GB to help us make independent, conscience-based decisions. We cannot solely depend on a set of rules to guide us; we must test each belief we have (such as blood components) to see what we truly believe is right or wrong.

Yeap, during COVID when we could only write letters. We had a few new ones move into the congregation and one family was assigned the territory where we lived. During the Zoom witnessing group, I asked these ones who had sent a letter to our address if they known that are there any do not calls in our area, they said they were not given any. So I showed them the original rural map via the camera where our address was noted down as a Do Not Call with the description - "Wild fiery redhead woman who speaks in tongues, yells curses and knows how to ride a broom." The looked at each other really worried as they did leave their personal return address, so they looked at their records if they had written one to this address already. When they saw that they had, the look on their faces was priceless. So I calmed their fears by saying that we had gotten the letter and showed it over the camera. They asked how we got the letter, and my reply was "Don't worry, she still wields that broom and still lives here, and that I ended up marrying her". The roar of laughter from the rest of the Zoom attendees was silent, as they all had muted themselves as they knew whose place it was. They allnwere awaiting what my reply would be and wondering if they had a sense of humour themselves. It was noted down as a DNC by a previous elder who left our congregation many years ago who loved a joke.

There are warnings that new launch drone or missile attacks against NATO countries maybe be possible as well https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/21/politics/nato-prepares-russia-widen-ukraine-war-mcgurk

Make sure of all things . The Study notes tell us that the Greek word Paul used could be rendered “test” and often referred to examining precious metals for quality. So we are to examine anything we are asked to believe and ensure it is in harmony with God’s will. The yardstick of course is his word The Bible. Nb. After making sure, we are to “ Hold fast to what is fine”

How will late-comers support the anointed during the GT? Since the "work" of the anointed is preaching, will all those who join us last minute have to support the preaching work in some way in order to be saved?

Well thats why i said one, and they can show videos of how she could be treated by her former friends, because kids may have that type of experience. Show how the bully kinda has that inner fight with themselves and how they have tongive up om school activities. Yes the black girl (i forgot her name) became Sophia's friend and started studying but (at least from the videos ive seen) she's just a neutral character. She was neither with the bullies or with C&S

John Lennon's death, as it was on the day after as my second brother's 4th birthday for us Aussies, but as our local time was the following day, but he died on the same day as my brother's birthday (8th December 1980). America's Cup in 1983 when Australia II defeated Liberty. Our then Prime Minister Bob Hawke on live national television said "any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum!" I remember Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in 1986, as it was the first day of a new school year and it was on the morning news for us here, and we had a minute of silence at our school assembly. Newcastle earthquake 28 December 1989 10:30am. I was under our house when I lived in the Illawarra (250km away) working on my pushbike and sitting on the foundations when I felt the ground bounced up a few times. My mother upstairs ran out onto the rear veranda blaming me for making the house shake until a neighbour walking by asked my mother if she felt the earth move under her feet, as he thought he had a bit too much to drink that night. 9/11 was playing darts at home (10pm local time) as we had the local radio playing in the background when it was announced as breaking news.

Well, it is the 3rd week of spring and they have announced our first Total Fire Ban in our district. Today's forecast top temperature 35°C (95°F) wtih winds of 25kph (16mph) and gusts up to 35kph (22mph). Tomorrow's forecast, top of 20°C (68°F) with winds of 18kph (11mph) and gusts of 25pkh (16mph).

Monday, September 21 Make sure of all things.—1 Thess. 5:21. We can make sure that what we believe is true by comparing it with what the Bible says. For example, consider the case of the young person who wonders whether he has any value in God’s eyes. Should he simply accept that thought as true? No, he should “make sure of all things” by getting Jehovah’s thoughts on the matter. As we read God’s Word, we “hear” Jehovah speaking to us. But to get his thoughts on a specific question requires effort on our part. We need to focus our Bible reading on the topic that concerns us. We can do research on that subject, using the extensive study tools that Jehovah’s organization provides. (Prov. 2:3-6) We can pray that Jehovah will guide our research and help us to find his thoughts on our question. Then we can look for Bible principles and practical information that apply to our situation. w24.10 25 ¶4-5

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Every year there is a MWM part about being prepared for a medical emergency. The MWM Workbook may have been delayed until after the GB Update. Hopefully we see the workbook this week. Or, it may be delayed until after the Annual Meeting..