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123456789101112131415\date{2025-07-20}\author{liamoc}\title{Open Letter against LLMs in Education}\p{Those close to me know that I believe generative AI technologies, particularly when used to replace human creative pursuits, are fundamentally a spiritually damaging invention. It is fundamentally wrong and harmful to humanity. We would all be better off if we consigned this technology to the dustbin of history.}
\p{I believe this on a deeper level than most of my intellectual concerns. In short, I oppose this technology for religious reasons. I say "religious reasons" because religious convictions are personal and aren't typically up for debate in public conversation. I have no interest in debating the merits of this technology. Also, my actual religious views, such as they are, place a great deal of emphasis on the dignity of the human person and the value of human connections. This technology undermines and devalues both.}
\p{Rather than try to expound upon this topic, which makes me depressed and miserable, I will just link some articles by various talented people that I think well encapsulate my views:}\ul{ \li{[I am not a Paintbrush](https://www.danielmitsui.com/00_pages/i_am_not_a_paintbrush.html) by Daniel Mitsui, ink artist and sacred illumination expert.} \li{[The rise of whatever](https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/) by eevee a.k.a. evelyn woods, creator and game developer.} \li{[I'd rather read the prompt](https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/) by Clayton W. Ramsey, Computer Scientist.} \li{[The Hater's Guide to the AI bubble](https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/) by Edward Zitron, English technology writer.}}\p{For this reason I was very pleased when I saw that [[edwinb]] and [[jonsterling]] had signed and shared [this open letter](https://openletter.earth/an-open-letter-from-educators-who-refuse-the-call-to-adopt-genai-in-education-cb4aee75) for educators to outright reject the use of generative AI in their classrooms. I was proud to sign. I encourage all of you reading, if you work in education, to sign as well.}