
Is That True?
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Have we entered an era where AI programs, like xAI's Grok 4,combined with Quantum Computing power, have made it impossible to discern truthand reality from their sophisticated creations, clever deceptions and outrightforgeries?
Have many prominent members of the traditional mediasuccumbed to political interference in their honest presentation of thenews?
Has absolute truth suffered a fatal wound with the forcefuladvent of subjective truth into every area of life?
What can we really believe in this age of clever deception?
In their new book, Is That True? Discerning Truth inan Age of Deception, authors Larry Willard and ChuckStephens team up to confront the confusion on these topics and 24 majorissues that are prevalent in today's public space and media news. In Parts Iand II, Larry tackles how media news evolved from reporting news to what hasnow become a type of infotainment, with many obscuring the issues of truth withintentional mixes of partisan political deceptions. He then takes a hard lookat the capabilities of AI artificial intelligence when married to quantumcomputing, noting where it is going and asks if there is a danger that it maylead us into artificial truth, with the inability to discern what is real, anddeliver the tool for a powerful form of cultural slavery, without properbuilt-in safeguards and regulations.
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CHUCK STEPHENS was born and raised in Africa as a ?missionary kid,? later spending two decades in Canada. He returned to Africa as a career missionary, serving a total of 40 years in Southern Africa as senior manager at the Desmond Tutu Centre for Leadership. He also spent periods in Angola, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. Chuck is an author, writer, activist, and public speaker, with over 15 books published and is an op-ed columnist in the South African media. He holds a master's degree in communications and a doctor of letters degree in religious studies.
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Part 1. MediaMachinations in the War on Truth
1. Is This theFarewell to Truth?
2. The KeyPerpetrator of the War on Truth
3. Seven MediaTactics, Ploys, Tricks, and Devices in the War on Truth
4. Is There AnyHope for Our Cause?
Part 2. Is It Realor Is It AI?
5. Artificial TruthBrought to You by Artificial Intelligence
6. Early PCs, theBible, and the Speed of AI Advancement
7. Keeping thePieces Straight
8. QuantumComputing: A Game Changer in the True Sense
9. The Omniscient,Omnipresent, and Omnipotent AGI Beast
10. Corruption andTranshumanism in the AI World
11. The Road toRecovery, the Road to Victory in the War on Truth
Part 3. KeyPerspectives on Twenty-Four Major Issues Being Debated in the Public Space
12. Truth Be Known
13. Macro Issues
Telling the Truth
Censorship
Riots
Government Overreach
14. PoliticalIssues
Election Swindles
Separation of Powers
Culture Wars
Revisionism
Ukraine's Future
15. Legal Issues
Selective Law Enforcement
Political Correctness
Genocide
Decriminalizing Prostitution
16. Health Issues
Abortion
COVID-19
Reckless Transmission
The LGBTQIA+ Movement and Same-Sex Marriage
Gender Modification
17. Future Issues
Open Borders
National Distancing
Global Warming
Reparations
Artificial Intelligence
Assisted Suicide
18. Final Word:Revealed Truth
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