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December 10, 2025 Paid subscribers

The God-Man and the Machine

Why No AI—No Matter How Powerful—Can Imitate the Wisdom of Jesus

Everyone is panicking about AGI.

Tech prophets warn us about superintelligence—as if a machine with a GPU budget could suddenly eclipse the human race and start offering TED Talks on our irrelevance.

Cute.

Because the truth is: Superintelligence has already walked the earth.

In sandals.
A carpenter.
A Jewish rabbi from a forgotten village.

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