<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Ted.</div><div><br></div><div>The ChatGPT reflection seems to capture some important elements of our UUAA faith--some of the seven principles. Another test of its ability to compose a reflection would be if it could create a reflection on the same question from the perspective of FUUSM.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)<br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 10:14 PM Chris Hoke via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2276768174402513392"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="m_-2276768174402513392WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Yes, a great idea reading the sermons from different religions!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat-bounces@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusmchat-bounces@fuusm.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>adesign--- via fuusmchat<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 17, 2023 8:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> All topics, all people, anytime for FUUSM members and friends. <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:adesign@suddenlink.net" target="_blank">adesign@suddenlink.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Fuusmchat] A Unitarian Sermon generated by ChatGPT<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Impressive! It would be interesting to ask for the same thing from another religious tradition.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On May 17, 2023 6:15 PM, Ted Goertzel via fuusmchat <<a href="mailto:fuusmchat@fuusm.org" target="_blank">fuusmchat@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);border-style:none none none solid;border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">A member of the Quaker Meeting that meets at FUUSM, Phil Washburn, shared a concern about the meaning of life. As an experiment, I decided to ask ChatGPT, a generative large language artificial intelligence program to write an answer in the form of a Unitarian Sermon. Here is the question that Phil posed, based on his life's spiritual journey:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;text-indent:0.25in"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Nearly 70 years ago, sometime in my latency, death had ambushed me one fine Sunday night as I was laying in bed pouring over futures I might have, feeling very excited. Then, I couldn't help becoming aware that they all ended badly, all the same. I remember that feeling very clearly - that there had to be something I was not figuring. So, I reviewed what I knew of death - your heart stops, you black out, you are unconscious for ever - or nobody knows for sure although some say they do. And I freaked! Called my parents to come up and I guess they talked me down.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0in"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">But there was a part of me that was awakened, that continued to ask that question. Really two questions. First there was the meaningless question; if we are all just a bunch of people walking off the edge of the earth, as inconsequential as grass - what's the point ? What the difference, take what you can get, go for pleasure if you kill someone they would have died soon enough anyway, all going into the big sleep. Profligate culture is often blamed on nihilistic thinkers.</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">How would you respond if you had to preach a sermon in response? Not an easy task even if you had a few hours to do it. ChatGPT answered in a few seconds. For ChatGPT's answer click on <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NrvxhdKCvnlBaFmq-w0xkAGbeU6wxIJqHVRd6iSyDFQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Embracing Life's Meaning: A Unitarian Sermon.</a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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