The student counterargument defines the internet as spreading ordinary worldly ideas, while AI is framed as creating something from nothing.
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Truth is a tool and is eternal; past, present, and future collide and converge on truth.
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"decades ago they would have said the internet is alchemy but the internet has brought you know education like this youtube live stream to..."
"Like the internet facilitates normal worldly ideas to spread, but AI is from nothing creating..."
"That's what truth is. Truth is a tool. It's eternal. Past, present, and future collide together. They converge on truth. All right. Any more..."
"...they don't need a female female also don't need a male tool so maybe"
"...have occurred before. So like for me, AI is still a tool that is more objectively like help you to search out the information..."
"...what I'm going to focus more on is giving you the tools to expand your imagination as well as to teach others okay that's..."
"...a power of art. Because it shocks you into a new tool that you must, you know, accept. It may take time, but it..."
"...which is a part of our reason, it is a limited tool to express the divine. And over time, what's going to happen is..."
"And give them the tools and the thought processes in order to fully understand Dante. And set everyone on that journey. I hope that..."
"...So, naturally, even though the therapist might have the set of tools, the application of those tools coupled with the risk you take as..."
"...wrongs um what i think di really is it's it's a tool you can use to address these historical wrongs i think it's a..."
"...really. And the idea that we are economic machines or economic tools, all we care about is buying stuff and making money. And we..."
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