Welcome to Poets at War, the podcast documenting the brood of writers, where art, theology, philosophy, and fun beckon your ears.Today on the program, we are intercepting signals from two separate evenings on the front lines of culture. First, The General Joshua David Ling and Officer Brendan Sunshine dig into the digital trenches to discuss Artificial Intelligence. Is AI just "singing to rocks"? They cover the spiritual implications of silicon, the struggle of the creative mind to find motivation in the machine, and the argument that the American Experiment may have ended in 1865.Later, the barracks are full as new recruits and old veterans join the show. To settle the troops, the General pulls out a field manual—specifically the prologue to The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson—to demonstrate the perfect execution of literary whimsy. The unit then plays a round of musical roulette involving their birth years before laying out the map for "Operation Oklahoma": the strategic plan to secure a physical headquarters and establish The Brood as a multi-generational institution.In this episode:Why AI will never be God (or Man).The People-Pleaser’s struggle with creative perfectionism.The hope for a re-Christianized West coming from the Global South.A reading of The Wingfeather Saga prologue.The vision for a physical base of operations and the future of the Brood.Join the Brood Today!https://joshuadavidling.com