I know I only emerge on here from time to time but, hello, people I only see from time to time!! Please keep right on praying for GC's Task Force on AI & Intellectual Property as we keep working for you, with Blue Book season approaching faster than one thinks. ⚓

Every article on something Anthropic claims should include this sort of caution: "At the moment, it's hard to know how much of the company's reporting is marketing hype, but the findings are still worth paying attention to because…"

Mythos uncovers crypto weaknesses that went unknown for years

Separating the chaff from the wheat in Anthropic results is hard. We take a stab anyway.

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Very eager to be part of this online talk with the Rev Dr Molly James on civics in the Episcopal Church for EPN! If you are interested in church polity, or don't know whether you should be interested (you should), please do come next Tuesday Aug 4! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ⚓

Since I haven't enthused on bsky yet - St Lazarus Press at @redroofmtl.bsky.social is near the end of a sale on Cautionary Tales for Careful Clerics, which may be perfect for new clergy in need of a gift (& a warning)! Three cheers for new humor & Canadian Anglicanism: www.amazon.com/Cautionary-C...

I am once again asking for an Episcopal hackathon. I would go, I would pay to go, I would pay for others to go. ⚓

KidzBoptotenlieder@theodramatist.com · 3mo ago

Building a "ask any date, get the season, commemoration, colors, and ability to toggle ritual notes, historic Sarum, or Dearmer" app 📕

NEW on Episcopal Chant! A short 🧵. ⭐️ A streamlined navigation that now more closely follows the 1979 BCP. Find pointed propers for Sundays now under Holy Eucharist, and for pastoral offices and episcopal services under Other Services. ⚓

🕯️ TUESDAY AFTER PENTECOST 🕯️ Receive the joyfulness of your glory, alleluia: giving thanks unto God, alleluia: who hath called you to the heavenly kingdom, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. Hear my law, O my people: incline your ears unto the words of my mouth.

For all Pope Readers on this exciting day, just want to remind everyone that the most important thing you can do for shaping TEC response to AI is to pray for us on the GC Task Force. The second most important thing is to talk; we listen! ⚓

An important encyclical passage to me, and a novel inclusion vs almost every other body speaking on the topic: "I wish to address a special appeal to those who develop artificial intelligence. In one sense, technological innovation can represent human participation in the divine act of creation."

"The civilization of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity that serve as a bulwark against dehumanization." - Magnifica Humanitas

Some vibe-coding thoughts: I think the zero-coding-experience vibe coders miss how much of what impresses them when Claude produces what they perceive to be a fully functional app comes from the ready-built frameworks that enable the construction of such apps just by writing some boilerplate.

Much to say about Magnifica Humanitas! But first, a bit on this part: "Communities and intermediary organizations must not be reduced to passive recipients of decisions made elsewhere; they must be able to contribute to discernment and oversight."

Considering waging a one-woman campaign to restore this verse in Hymnal 1982: ⚓

So folks, when should the candle be put out? ⚓

The Church of St. John the Evangelist@redroofmtl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🕯️ THE ASCENSION DAY BEING THE FORTIETH DAY AFTER EASTER SOMETIMES CALLED HOLY THURSDAY 🕯️ Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? alleluia: this same Jesus shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

Were you there when he rose from the dead? 📸 Allan Rohan Crite, Boston, 1944 🕯️

Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and giving life to those in the tomb. The Sun of Righteousness is gloriously risen, giving light to those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death.

Christ is risen! Happy Easter from Saint John's, your friends in Montreal since 1861. 🕯️ 📸 Janet Best

I beheld water which proceeded out of the temple, on the right side thereof, alleluia! And all they to whom that water came were healed, every one, alleluia! O give thanks unto the Lord for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth forever! Christ is risen! 🕯️

A strange popular misconception is that an AI system is inherently “only capable of regurgitating its training data”. This has never been true. To the extent that a model does regurgitate its training data this is known as “overfitting” and is classically understood as a problem to avoid.

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 📸 Allan Rohan Crite, Boston, 1948 ⚓

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The Church of St. John the Evangelist@redroofmtl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.

I would have fed them also with the finest wheat-flour; and with honey out of the stony rock would I have satisfied thee. 📸 Allan Rohan Crite, Boston, 1948

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me. 📸 Allan Rohan Crite, Boston, 1948

Deacons, if you need to practice, we are here for you at Episcopal Chant: episcopalchant.com/seasonal/hol... ⚓

This is the brand new church building at St. David of Wales, Denton, TX. They need to add another service, because they’re growing rapidly. East-facing Rite I. Turns out that growth and “trendy” are not connected.

I'm still a sucker for a changed frontal. Hope everyone has an edifying Holy Week. ⚓

The Church of St. John the Evangelist@redroofmtl.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🕯️ PALM SUNDAY 🕯️ Hosanna to the son of David: blessed be the King that cometh in the Name of the Lord.

New for @livingchurch.bsky.social, for those interested in how the ACNA might find out what happened in the Ruch case:

The Living Church@livingchurch.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Lathrop GPM will review the process that ended in a controversial acquittal, but the court record of the chaotic trial remains under wraps. #Anglican #news #ACNA #thelivingchurch

Spicy suggestion for musicians on Palm Sunday: consider reharmonizing the end of All Glory, Laud, and Honor according to the Bach setting of the tune, which should really hammer in the tonal whiplash. youtu.be/xXeiVp4408U?...

Bach - St John Passion - In meines Herzens Grunde (chorale)

YouTube video by stigekalder

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It begins.

The Church of St. John the Evangelist@redroofmtl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🕯️ THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT COMMONLY CALLED PASSION SUNDAY 🕯️ Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people: O deliver my soul from the deceitful and wicked man: for thou art the God of my strength.

Partially through a refactor of a chant pointer (stay tuned!) and have to report that some of the automated tools widely available these days are absolutely the right tool for me to execute (part of) the job. Craftsman ethos, still central, can recognize and assimilate this easily.