Douglas Shaw

Reports & Papers from Arms Control Today All models are wrong, but some are useful,” observed statistician George E.P. Box. Indeed, today’s large language models and other artificial intelligence systems are far from perfect. Yet, as components of larger social and technical systems, these tools may be reaching a threshold at which their design could shape the future of world order as much as the choices of their users.

By , Op-ed contributor I’ve lived over 70 years on this earth now, and have experienced many stages and seasons of life, from living through a childhood in poverty to now stewarding the blessing of my own company. While the Lord has blessed me with bountiful gifts at each and every step, I have seen so much hardship around me. My own family members and friends have asked me many times about the point of life in the midst of suffering, loss and hardship.