AI and the Kidnapping of Truth ~ The Imaginative Conservative

AI and the Kidnapping of Truth ~ The Imaginative Conservative

In the First Letter to Timothy (1 Tim. 1:9-10), Saint Paul informs us (RSV CE 2nd ed.) “The law is not laid down for the righteous but for… immoral persons, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine”. Stern words indeed. In the Vulgate, what the RSV renders “kidnappers” is plagis, sharing a root with plagiarist. In the classical world, plagiarius meant a kidnapper, which finally ended up being the c…