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Hello from San Francisco!
This past Tuesday, we had a great dinner discussion about the challenges and benefits of building a VC-backed business as a Catholic. It was a lively discussion — expect to hear some more thorough takeaways from it soon.
Shout out to all of you who attended. Couldn’t have had it without you.
Announcement! As a heads up, I’ll be speaking at the DOMINUS Lab event on July 31st. Register today! (It’s free)
In this Email:
Intro to the Guest and Topic
Core Takeaway
Episode References
Select Quotes
Key Moments
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Today’s Topic & Guest:
As AI starts to eat the world. One thing is true, these LLMs are going to massively influence the culture. For that reason, it’s important they are not pushing hidden agendas. We need LLMs guided by the Truth of the Gospel — the Truth of the Church.
That’s what our guest is setting out to do with DOMINUS Lab. They are looking to help support the creation of 1,000 Christian AI startups to counterbalance the secular influence prevalent in current AI development.
We discuss how to view AI, how even small businesses should utilize AI, and how we must keep the worker at the center of our minds during this process. And much more.
Core Lesson:
AI naturally replaces anything transactional in nature. Therefore, if we build companies and products that are full of soul and human touch, we are less at risk.
Because of the nature of AI, things that are more transactional in nature are the first targets. In a way, this is a good thing. Because what human finds fulfillment in are highly repetitive tasks. Yes, we have to be cognizant of the job loss that can occur if not handled well.
If we think about this a bit further, the only companies that are at risk are those that have aimed to suppress the human touch in their products. Those who have professionalized every little thing.
From an ROI perspective, those companies have done well. But from a fulfillment and beautiful product experience, they have not done well. The companies that have retained focus on the customer, a relentless obsession to create beautiful products, those companies will continue to succeed.
Those are the companies that approached business and commerce from the rightly ordered perspective.
Let’s be sure to follow that model. To keep the human touch in all that we do and in the products we build.
God Bless & Happy Building!
~Silas Mähner
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Key Episode References:
Books:
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek
Startup Secrets Blackbook by Dominik Tarolli
Scripture:
John 3:16
Psalm 23
Saint:
St. Jude Thaddeus — Dominik’s favorite saint
Select Quotes:
"The LLMs being created right now are going to have a huge impact on our worldview. And that's why we need them to be formed in and crafted in truth, not in a secular worldview." — Dominik
"What is the value of a human being? How do humans become valuable? Because once I have AI and robots that look like human, then we will have a discussion about what's the real difference." — Dominik
"AI is a servant, not a savior. So it should really serve us humans. We are made in the image of God." — Dominik
"AI is very biased. There is no Christian large language model; they're all secular to the left." — Dominik
"The future is really bright if we are getting this one right... We can reach much more people if we infuse the right kind of messages of love." — Dominik
"I believe that we have intrinsic value because we are made in the image of God. And a robot with AI doesn't have a soul, doesn't have feeling, cannot laugh." — Dominik
Key Moments: (outline)
00:00 - Introduction to Dominus Lab and the Christian AI initiative
03:21 - Founding and mission of Dominus Lab
08:23 - The problem with current AI: secular bias and its impact
13:30 - The intrinsic value of humans and the "laws of robotics"
20:27 - AI's impact on job creation vs. job loss
28:08 - How small businesses can approach and utilize AI
36:44 - Advice for high school students and the future of micro-businesses
39:11 - Rapid Fire: Favorite scriptures, books, entrepreneurs, and saints
44:13 - Favorite devotions and the power of prayer
46:31 - How to connect with Dominus Lab and Dominik Tarolli
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