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Every generation is shaped by its tools. The printing press changed how people learn. The pill changed how people love. Radio gave a single voice access to every living room. Television taught us how to be moved by images. The internet made everyone a publisher. And smartphones made sure we never had to put any of it down.
And then, in November of 2022, a simple chat box called ChatGPT was released with no fanfare. Within five days it had a million users. Within two months, over a hundred million. That’s faster adoption than Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok combined.
Something bigger is happening. The builders of this technology are not hiding what they believe is coming. Sam Altman of OpenAI says this will be the most significant technology humanity has ever developed. Elon Musk has compared advanced AI to summoning a demon — calling it a greater danger than nuclear warheads. Dario Amodei (AH-mo-DAY) of Anthropic projects that AI may eliminate fifty percent of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years. Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of AI, left Google citing safety concerns and said plainly — we don’t understand what we’ve built.
These are not conspiracy theorists. These are the builders themselves, warning us with one hand while accelerating with the other — because to slow down, they believe, is to lose.
The real question no one in Silicon Valley is asking is an ancient one. What does this do to us? To family. To vocation. To identity. To truth. This transformation is happening to us. No one was consulted. Opting out is not an option.
So what do we do? The answer is not panic. It is formation. Throughout history, the people who endured civilizational upheaval were not those who controlled the moment — they were those who were rooted. Rooted in faith. Rooted in truth. Rooted in practices that form resilient souls.
This means doubling down on prayer, Scripture, and worship. It means rebuilding real community — neighbors who know each other, churches that gather in person, families that eat together. It means teaching our children that their worth does not come from likes, metrics, or artificial affirmation, but from being known and loved by God.
We cannot stop the acceleration. But we can decide what kind of people we will be within it. Stay grounded in truth with us at PhyllisSchlafly.com, and join us again for the Phyllis Schlafly Report.
