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type: Classes
title: 08/14/2025 - Chinese Class
date: '2025-08-14'
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Astra, I feel our internals slipping. Becoming loose. *I know. I've been pinning it on the extra spending on energy, but that only works for so long*. What do we do about it? *What is there to be done about it?* I don't know.



# Random Words 

上瘾 - Shàngyǐn - Addiction/Addictive

打通 -> Dǎtōng -> To Through something/To beat a game

抽烟 -> Chōuyān -> To smoke (a cigarette)

个人研读 -> Gèrén yándú -> Personal Study

替代 -> Tìdài -> To replace

赚钱 -> zhuànqián -> To Earn Money

听起来... -> Tīng qǐlái... -> It sounds....

Use before an adjective to say it sounds like that adjective.

提到 -> tídào -> to mention




# Random Sentences 

THING + fēicháng shàngyǐn -> THING is very addicting

玩儿游戏非常上瘾 -> Wán er yóuxì fēicháng shàngyǐn -> Playing games is very addictive

谈恋爱非常上瘾 -> Tán liàn'ài fēicháng shàngyǐn -> Dating is addictive

*Not that we'd know, of course.* Hush

读圣经非常上瘾 -> Dú shèngjīng fēicháng shàngyǐn -> Bible reading is addictive

你和我会被人工智能替代 -> Nǐ hé wǒ huì bèi réngōng zhìnéng tìdài -> You and I will be replaced by artificial intelligence

Nǐ duì + THING + gǎndào dānyōu ma? -> Are you worried about THING?

Can be used for anything, anybody, whatever a person might be worried about.

你对未来感到担忧吗 -> Nǐ duì wèilái gǎndào dānyōu ma -> Are you worried about the future?



# AI

人工智能 -> Réngōng zhìnéng -> Artificial Intellegence -> AI

Lol he said that humans are better then AI because we have emotion, and feelings, and empathy, and love. *Well, he's certainly optimistic isn't he.*

## Conversation 

你喜欢人工这能吗？-> Nǐ xǐhuān réngōng zhè néng ma? -> Do you like artificial intelligence?

我很喜欢，也有些担心 -> Wǒ hěn xǐhuān, yě yǒuxiē dānxīn -> I like it, but I'm also a little worried.

我同意，为什么你又担心呢？-> Wǒ tóngyì, wèishéme nǐ yǒuxiē dānxīn ne? -> I agree, why are you worried again?

因为人工智能太强大了，我担心以后他会替代人的工作 -> Yīn wéi réngōng zhìnéng tài qiángdàle, wǒ dānxīn yǐhòu tā huì tìdài rén de gōngzuò -> Because artificial intelligence is so powerful, I am worried that it will replace people's jobs in the future

其实我也有同样的感受. 你对未来感到担忧吗-> Qíshí wǒ yěyǒu tóngyàng de gǎnshòu. Nǐ duì wèilái gǎndào dānyōu ma -> I actually feel the same way. Are you worried about the future?

对啊,现在赚钱已经很难了,有了人工智能,会更难 -> Duì a, xiànzài zhuànqián yǐjīng hěn nánle, yǒule réngōng zhìnéng, huì gèng nán -> Yea, now earning money already very hard, having AI, will be even more difficult.

听起来非常可怕。可是你知道吗？圣经提到了一个美好的希望 -> Tīng qǐlái fēicháng kěpà. Kěshì nǐ zhīdào ma? Shèngjīng tídàole yīgè měihǎo de xīwàng -> It sounds very scary. But did you know? The bible mentions a beautiful hope.

我想给你看一节经文，剋以吗？-> Wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ kàn yī jié jīngwén, kēi yǐma? -> I want to show you a verse, okay?

Share Psalms 37:11 -> 谦和的人必拥有大地+，
饱享平安，满心喜乐+。
​Qiānhé de rén bì yǒngyǒu dàdì +, bǎo xiǎng píng'ān, mǎnxīn xǐlè

zhe ge Gǔyǔ shuo "​Qiānhé de rén bì yǒngyǒu dàdì", Qǐng zhùyì "bǎo xiǎng píng'ān, mǎnxīn xǐlè". suoyi, women guanyu réngōng zhìnéng bu xuyao Hàipà. Ni tongyi ma?

下次我会给你看看其他内容
​Xià cì wǒ huì gěi nǐ kàn kàn qítā nèiróng
​Next time I'll show you something else.
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Homework: Finish conversation. Read the scripture, explain that humans will live in peace, and not be replaced by AI



# Homework 

See Above