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I've discovered there's a nice trail to walk with AI. If you approach it like a professor to help improve or refine your thinking, consistently interacting to test, study, and exercise improving your clarity, you can eventually dance on a tightrope while shooting bullseyes.
There's a far easier way....
Add this to your prompt:
"... Answer from the position of (insert person here)"
So let's say I'm having a theological discussion and I want the answer to reflect the position of a reformed Baptist I would say something like:
"Briefly explain why modern slavery is not the same type of slavery seen in the Bible. Answer like Charles Spurgeon"
(You can do it from their position AND style by saying "like")
Here's the result:
First, the slavery so fiercely denounced in the modern world, especially the race based chattel system of the Atlantic trade, was rooted in man stealing. Scripture condemns that outright. “He that stealeth a man and selleth him” stands under divine judgment in Exodus 21:16. The kidnapping, branding, and lifelong bondage of a people based upon skin color would have been a sin crying to heaven. Biblical servitude, by contrast, was largely economic and often voluntary. A man in poverty might sell his labor to pay a debt. It was regulated, limited, and surrounded by law. In Israel, there were release provisions, protections against abuse, and recognition of shared humanity under God. That is a far cry from shackles in a cargo hold. Second, the Mosaic law restrained masters. Injury could result in freedom. Runaways were not to be handed back to oppressive masters. The law placed fences around power because the Lord Himself is Judge. Modern slavery removed those fences and then congratulated itself on efficiency. Third, the New Testament did not ignite a political uprising, but it did something more subversive. It declared that master and slave stand on equal footing before Christ. In the letter to Philemon, Onesimus is received as a beloved brother. When both kneel at the same Table and confess the same Lord, the roots of tyranny begin to rot. This does not mean ancient servitude was idyllic. It was a feature of a fallen world. But it was not built upon racial dehumanization or perpetual generational ownership as modern chattel slavery was. To confuse the two is to flatten history and dull moral reasoning. If we are to condemn wickedness, and we must, let us do so with clarity rather than slogans. Truth deserves better than a caricature.
AMEN. Preach it, robot!
great method! sometimes I ask AI to approach a problem or debate an issue from the perspective of specific scientists or other experts