The ordained minister began talking by saying, “Today, watch some slides and let them speak to you.” The huge screen at the front of the church lit up. It showed pictures of destruction from hurricanes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters. There were pictures of woods and fields covered in clothes, undefined clutter, and streams covered in debris. The pictures reminded the church members to think about how this kind of devastation leads to human pain and suffering. After the pictures

Once while typing “The United States of America” I found autocorrect completed my words.  Autocorrect is an algorithm driven by artificial intelligence, The passage read, “The Ignited States of America.” Given the situation where rewritten history says American slaves were lucky to learn useful skills, and where many recent gains in gay and women’s rights are being reversed, I thought that “the Ignited States of America” was perhaps not a bad autocorrect. However, we rely on autocorrect, artificial intelligence, and