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| − | Please Note: (Old Mennonites are now known as [[Free Mennonites]])
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| − | Unlike [[Old Order Mennonite Groups in Ontario|Old Order Mennonites]], "Old" Mennonites will not be defined by clothing styles, usage of horse and buggy teams, etc., but by what technologies are used (or not used).
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| − | Unlike assimilated Mennonite groups, Old Mennonites, or '''"Old Techs"''', avoid all Artificial Intelligence (AI) based computer technologies. The primary purpose for this is their opposition to trans-humanist philosophy, and its usage of AI to realize the union of humanity with what is referred to as the "singularity", including the implant of neural links with the human brain.
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| − | As a practical example, cars are acceptable, but not with AI powered computer screens on the dashboard. Home phones are acceptable, but not any types of AI empowered devices, especially those which may be worn, like AI glasses.
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| − | The position of the Old Mennonites then is primarily philosophical based on emergent AI technologies, while maintaining the choice to utilize any other means of technology or lifestyle that is not opposed to this basic philosophy.
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