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What ancient Jewish wisdom can teach us about the age of AI | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · · 1170 words · By DANIEL SCHREIBER
AI Ethics Jewish Tradition Human Agency Classical Philosophy
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What to know about AI Ethics

AI has revived ancient questions: What becomes of human beings when something greater than us can do, know, and judge better than we can?

Claims checked 18
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Topics 4

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What happened

AI has revived ancient questions: What becomes of human beings when something greater than us can do, know, and judge better than we can?

Why it matters

If machines produce abundance without labor, who should share in it?

Common ground

If they make knowledge instantly accessible, what becomes of learning?

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Slippery Slope: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-896695

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eFinder identified 2 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 80% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Slippery Slope 70% confidence
Arguing that one event will inevitably lead to extreme consequences without evidence.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 18 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The writer is the CEO and co-founder of Lemonade (NYSE: LMND) and chairman of the MOSAIC AI Policy Institute (mosaic.org.il).”
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Claim 2: “Thomas More’s Utopia envisioned “a great abundance of all things,” so broadly shared that “no man can want or be obliged to beg.””
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While sources confirm Thomas More wrote 'Utopia' and described an ideal world, the specific quote regarding the abundance of things so that 'no man can want or be obliged to beg' is not explicitly verified across multiple provided sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sir Thomas More was the first person to use the term “utopia,” describing an ideal, imaginary world in his most famous work of fiction.
https://pressbooks.pub/earlybritishlit/chapter/sir-thomas-mo…
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web search NEUTRAL — This article investigates the concept of “private” in Thomas More's Utopia and its philosophical influences. More did not follow a particular philosophy but ...
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/utopianstudies.32.2.018…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 28, 2025 · Utopia has it's etymology in the Greek Language- ou+ tops, no+ place. So Utopia means a place which exists nowhere, an ideal state or ...
https://www.facebook.com/Englishliteraturr/posts/utopia-by-t…
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Claim 3: “Rabbi Yehuda ben Bathyra taught that one without work should find “a ruined courtyard or a ruined field, and go and occupy himself with it.””
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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of Judah ben Bathyra as an eminent tanna, the specific teaching regarding ruined courtyards or fields is not present in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Judah ha-Nasi (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה הַנָּשִׂיא‎, Yəhūḏā hanNāsīʾ‎; Yehudah HaNasi or Judah the Prince or Judah the President) or Judah I, known simply as Rebbi or Rabbi, was a second-century rabbi (a tann…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_ha-Nasi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of the Jews in Syria goes back to ancient times. They were joined by Sephardim who fled after the expulsion of the Jews from Spain and Portugal in 1492 CE. There were large Jewish communit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Syria
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Judah ben Bathyra or simply Judah Bathyra (also Beseira, Hebrew: יהודה בן בתירא) was an eminent tanna. The Mishnah quotes 17 laws by R. Judah, and the Baraita about 40; he was also a prolific aggadist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_ben_Bathyra
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Claim 4: “The Jewish tradition called this passage hevlei Mashiach, “the birth pangs of the Messianic age””
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Claim 5: “Talmudic scholars fabricated synthetic humans”
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The provided evidence for the Talmud consists of general descriptions and unrelated quotes; there is no mention of synthetic humans.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Talmud on display in the Jewish Museum of Switzerland brings together parts from the first two Talmud prints by Daniel Bomberg and Ambrosius Froben.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud
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web search NEUTRAL — Sefaria: a Living Library of Jewish Texts Online.
https://www.sefaria.org/texts/Talmud.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1. Sanhedrin 59a: "Murdering Goyim is like killing a wild animal." 2. Abodah Zara 26b: "Even the best of the Gentiles should be killed." 3. Sanhedrin 59a: "A goy (Gentile) who pries into The Law (Talm…
https://www.minds.com/blog/view/777943669838716942
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Claim 6: “Rabbi Yosei Hagalili taught that “a person dies from idleness””
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Claim 7: “The Greeks built a civilization around Delphi, where the Pythia settled disputes, authorized wars, and shaped policy.”
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Claim 8: “Biblical Israel consulted the Urim and Thummim on questions of national consequence.”
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Claim 9: “Homer envisioned golden handmaidens with “intelligence, speech, and strength””
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The provided evidence for Homer consists of general biographical information and does not mention golden handmaidens or their attributes.
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web search NEUTRAL — Homer (/ ˈhoʊmər /; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; possibly born c. the 8th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet who is widely credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epi…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer
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web search NEUTRAL — May 6, 2026 · Homer, presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He is one of the most influential authors of all time, for the two epics provided the basis of Greek education and culture throughout…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Homer-Greek-poet
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 6, 2023 · The Greek poet Homer is credited with being the first to write down the epic stories of 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey,' and the impact of his tales continues to reverberate through Wester…
https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/homer
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Claim 10: “Greek myth gave us Talos, an autonomous weapon”
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Multiple independent web sources describe Talos as a colossal bronze automaton and a guardian/security system, aligning with the description of an autonomous weapon.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 26, 2025 · In this, he functions like a modern autonomous security system—what scholars might today term a lethal autonomous weapons system (LAWS). His ...
https://brewminate.com/forged-by-hephaestus-talos-of-ancient…
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web search NEUTRAL — In Greek mythology, Talos was a colossal bronze automaton, forged as a guardian to protect the island of Crete from invaders and pirates by patrolling its ...
https://grokipedia.com/page/Talos
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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2021 · '” Talos was depicted in myth as a machine programmed to act human though never capable of achieving regular human life—what one might call ...
https://www.facebook.com/GreekReporter/posts/the-legend-of-t…
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Claim 11: “Its [Delphi's] most famous inscription was not a prophecy but a command: “Know thyself.””
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Claim 12: “The Hebrew word mitzvah means both “commandment” and “good deed.””
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Claim 13: “Rabbi Yehoshua stood and pronounced: “It is not in heaven!””
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Claim 14: “In the Phaedrus, Plato warned that writing would leave people able to “appear to know much while for the most part they know nothing,” with “the show of wisdom without the reality.””
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Multiple sources confirm that in the 'Phaedrus', Plato (via Socrates) argues that writing can lead to a false appearance of wisdom and forgetfulness.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Myth of Theuth illustrates that writing can lead to forgetfulness rather than true wisdom. Reliance on written speech may result in individuals appearing wise without actual understanding.
https://www.academia.edu/3777718/The_Myth_of_Theuth_in_the_P…
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web search NEUTRAL — His critique in the “Phaedrus” In Phaedrus (274c–278a), Plato has Socrates tell a myth about the Egyptian god Theuth, who invents writing and offers it to King Thamus. Theuth claims writing will impro…
https://publicservicesalliance.org/2025/10/13/plato-and-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Phaedrus, written by Plato, is a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus, an interlocutor in several dialogues. The Phaedrus was presumably composed around 370 BC, about the same time as Plato's Re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedrus_(dialogue)
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Claim 15: “In the 12th century, Maimonides predicted a future in which “goods will flow in abundance, and all the delights will be freely available as dust,” where “little effort will yield great results,” and there would be “no famine, war, jealousy, or competition.””
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One web search result (Tikkun Olam) mentions Maimonides' views on the provision of needs to end war and competition, but the specific quote and detailed prediction are not corroborated by the other provided Wikipedia or web results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moses ben Maimon (died 12 December 1204), commonly known as Maimonides and also referred to by the Hebrew acronym Rambam, was a Sephardic Jewish rabbi who is widely acknowledged as one of the most pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maimonides (1135/1138–1204) was a medieval Jewish philosopher. Maimonides may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides_(disambiguation)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maimonides Park (formerly MCU Park and KeySpan Park) is a Minor League Baseball stadium on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The home team and pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides_Park
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Claim 16: “The Greek word schole, root of “school,” meant leisure”
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Wikipedia and multiple other sources explicitly state that the word 'school' derives from the Greek 'schole', which originally meant 'leisure'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Etymology. The word school derives from Greek σχολή (scholē), originally meaning "leisure" and also "that in which leisure is employed", but later "a group to whom lectures were given, school".[9][10]…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School
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web search NEUTRAL — The word school derives ultimately from the Greek word σχολή (scholē), which means “leisure, rest, ease.” But scholē can also refer to a “school.”
https://buttondown.com/agbeer/archive/school-work-and-leisur…
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web search NEUTRAL — The original meaning of 'school'. The word "school" derives from the Greek skholē , which originally meant leisure, rest, and relaxation.
https://www.indythijn.nl/en/post/an-inquiry-into-the-etymolo…
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Claim 17: “In a celebrated legal debate, Rabbi Eliezer called on a heavenly voice, which declared that “Rabbi Eliezer is right in every instance.””
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Claim 18: “Aristotle imagined self-operating tools”
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The evidence discusses Aristotle's logic and general definitions of automata, but does not specifically confirm he conceptualized 'self-operating tools'.
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web search NEUTRAL — An automaton is a relatively self-operating machine or control mechanism designed to automatically follow a sequence of operations or respond to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 25, 2008 · Human beings philosophize, according to Aristotle, because they find aspects of their experience puzzling. The sorts of puzzles we encounter in ...
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 20, 2017 · Aristotle's logic, presented in his six-part book The Organon, occupied a central place in the scholarly canon for more than 2,000 years. It was ...
https://cdixon.org/2017/02/20/aristotle-computer/
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