Photo and Commentary ©2026 by Maylan Schurch
Friday, April 3, 2026
One of the truly annoying – and even disconcerting – things I notice happening is how craftily artificial intelligence is slithering its way into my life. It’s showing up in my word processing, hovering at the left edge of my Microsoft Word documents’ lines, begging me to use it to fine-tune my writing style. It has shouldered its way into my Google searches and tries to be helpful there.
Luckily, its programmers are starting to include warnings, as in the photo above. At first glance, doesn’t that statement sound something like a mild oath, such as “by cracky” or “by George”? Gemini, as it turns out, is Google’s “Personal Assistant,” which promises to help you if you tell it what you want it to do. I haven’t tried it out, and don’t plan to, except I know that even if I so a simple Google search, a whole lot of AI is already at work, guiding me to the answers it thinks I want.
But “There may be mistakes,” this gentle warning tells me. In other words, “Don’t trust me to be absolutely error-free. Keep in mind that I might not have all the facts, or that I might occasionally use the facts I do have in an incorrect way.”
I’m glad they post that warning, because I need it. For several decades I’ve spent time thinking about ways to think clearly and correctly. I’ve learned that it’s easy to fool me unless I reason cautiously and humbly. I hope, as AI surrounds us and infiltrates our machines, that we all become more vigilant about how to think.
And you’ve probably discovered, as I have, that human logic only leads us so far. There’s Bible logic to consider too. The link below offers several eternally-relevant Scriptural thinking patterns. Check them out!