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A believer says the Chinese government doesn’t want Christians to know the Ten Commandments, which have been removed from nearly every state church and meeting venue and replaced with quotations from a 2015 speech by Xi Jinping. The government said that the core socialist values and Chinese culture will swallow religions of China and support religious communities to re-interpret religious thought, doctrines, and teachings in a way that conforms to the progress of the times. This means resolutely guarding against the infiltration of Western ideology, and consciously resisting the influence of extremist thought. Some churches have been closed for not replacing the Ten Commandments with the President’s quotes. Others have been threatened with blacklisting, which means that travel, schooling, and their children’s future employment will be impeded if they refuse to overhaul their church's teaching. A pastor said, ‘The Communist Party’s ultimate goal is to become God’.

Bishop Steven Croft, who sits on the House of Lords artificial intelligence committee, has published a list of ten commandments on AI. He said Christians need to be part of the AI dialogue and make contributions for the sake of the common good. His ten commandments are that AI should: be designed for all and benefit humanity; operate on principles of transparency and fairness, and be well signposted; not be used to transgress data rights and privacy of individuals, families, or communities; not create inequality of wealth, health, or opportunity; not be used for criminal intent, subverting democracy values, truth, or courtesy in public discourse; enhance, rather than replace, human labour and creativity; never be developed or deployed separately from consideration of the ethical consequences of its applications; and never be given autonomous power to hurt or destroy. Everyone has the right to be adequately educated to flourish mentally, emotionally, and economically in a digital and AI world.