<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-cdd3d741-7fff-0efb-5a44-b332524e83e9"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The Today's Issues group meets at 9:30 on Sunday mornings in person in the parlor of the Religious Education building next to the church and on <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8583258484?pwd=RFdJUGZOZkU4THArWFpnVkllZzh1dz09">Zoom at this link</a> . </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We will meet this Sunday, September 24 to discuss the following readings.  There are several items on the issue of regulating Artificial Intelligence, but they are short and I've combined them all in one five page Google Doc.  </span></span><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><font size="4"><br></font></span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f9699e9c-7fff-d0eb-a766-82d2a43d9cba"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/opinion/christianity-america-religion-secular.html?searchResultPosition=1" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion | America Is Losing Religious Faith - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">  </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mnrgbh4g-cKbcIiMJZ9vWX2i95ztyPHLXhTwbkHfAOk/edit?usp=sharing" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Google Docs version</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></font></p><font size="4"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-indent:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/technology/microsoft-ai-rules-regulation.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Microsoft Calls for AI Rules to Minimize Risks - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">  </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/opinion/lindsey-graham-elizabeth-warren-big-tech-regulation.html?searchResultPosition=1" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Opinion | Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: We Must Regulate Big Tech - The New York Times (nytimes.com)</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">  Letter opposing: </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/opinion/letters/lindsey-graham-elizabeth-warren-big-tech.html" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;background-color:tran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