Cultural Update: Is 2026 the year of AI slop?; Iran protests; Transgender athlete bans
Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture · Sean McDowell, Scott Rae
January 16, 20261h 1m
Show Notes
Topics this week:
- Will AI slop take over in 2026? How AI-generated media is breaking our ability to tell what’s real, and why rebuilding trust and virtue matters more than just better tech.
- AI manipulation + Iran protests: How AI can distort protest footage and narratives, making propaganda easier and truth harder to confirm in real time.
- Affirmative action after the 2023 Supreme Court ruling: Is affirmative action “dead,” what loopholes might remain, and what recent law school enrollment data suggests.
- Supreme Court likely to uphold transgender athlete bans: The conversation covers the legal argumentation, the Idaho and West Virginia cases, and how this may push decisions back to state-level authority.
- Listener Question: Spiritual transformation
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