Daniel J. Roberts

Developer by day, Writer/Podcaster by night. Writing on the intersection between the Church, Gospel, and Culture.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

I’m not sure about that. 6 months ago I was out in a project with AI. It was cool, but still really buggy.

After January 2026, there was a major technical breakthrough. You’re correct adoption has not been as fast as the tech is developing, but it has definitely had a massive breakthrough this year.

The problem is that most people are using it as their “new Google” but that is like using a word processor for a grocery list. Multi agent workflows and automated application development is insane.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

Book 1 is for literary nerds. I found it incredibly boring.

Book 2 is nightmare fuel. One of the most intense and psychologically prolific books on the intersection between scientism and the occult.

Book 3 is the missing link between 1984 and Brave New World. I think it is one of the most prescient books ever written. You can just read this one but if you can read them in order, it makes the world in book 3 more potent.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

@Lightstryde Yeah, seems like he's checking out.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

Prove me wrong…

Trump vs Swamp: 0-2

[Adam Moczar @AdamMoczar]

⚡🇬🇧🇺🇸 JD Vance: “Defending your culture isn’t radical. It’s reasonable.”

“To everybody in the UK who rejects that idea, I’d encourage them to just keep on going

It’s okay to want to defend your culture. It’s okay to want to live in a safe neighborhood. It isn’t radical.”

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

This looks a lot like the pictures of Mao’s I’ve seen of Mao’s Red Guard.

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨OH. MY. GOSH!!!

A "family festival" in suburban Kansas City was overrun with "teens" who began BEATING POLICE OFFICERS and UNLEASHED BEAR SPRAY on attendees.

The fire department kept coming back to treat people who couldn't breathe.

It took 3 POLICE AGENCIES to get the crowd under control and during a foot chase, officers recovered a 3D-PRINTED GHOST GUN off another juvenile.

Only two teens were detained and then released to their parents.

This is the THIRD YEAR IN A ROW teens have hijacked this festival.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS!!!!

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

Guess I'm not the only one who prays the morning prayer at 9:30

[Sachin Jose @Sachinettiyil]

A Catholic priest blesses Jerusalem with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament from the Garden of Gethsemane on the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Video: Christian Media Center

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

@cath_menarion @edandersen Most companies are forcing developers to use AI.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

Problem here is that many of these denominations are no longer baptizing in the trinitarian form. We had a couple come in to the Church this past Easter. Both were from mainline denominations that should have had valid baptisms, but their pastors couldn’t be confident that they baptized them properly because they would change the form of the baptism sometimes.

[Josh Daws @JoshDaws]

I was talking with a friend recently about my perfectionist tendencies.

He said something I can’t stop thinking about:

“You’re expecting too much from your audience.”

Perfectionism is the hope that if we just make the thing a little better, the audience will finally give us the validation we crave.

“This is brilliant. The best thing you’ve ever made.”

But the audience will never give back as much as you pour in. Validation can’t be the reason you create.

You create because you have something worth saying. Because you’re called to be faithful with what you’ve been given. Because the work belongs in the world, not trapped in your head.

For Christians, our identity is rooted in Christ, not in applause.

Ship the thing. Stop burying your talent.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

Eucharistic processions are amazing!

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

*would make that trade.

My point is not to dunk on what you guys were trying to do, but that the experience was valuable because AI wasn’t an option. Now that it is, most people will just not do it.

Gotta run to church. Always enjoy our engagements. Hopefully I didn’t tick you off too much. 😅

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

@JoshDaws @aifilmmaker Sounds like if you were younger and trying to make indie films today, you wouldn’t make that trade.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

@JoshDaws @aifilmmaker Also, for the record, most traditional film makers/actors have made this trade, so it’s a pretty accurate hypothetical.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

No one said you couldn’t still be friends with your brother. Just that your movie making experience would exchange him as your partner for an AI tool.

My only point is that maybe AI is great but it comes at a cost. The next generation will most likely not do what you and your brother did because it will be cheaper and more time efficient to use Ai.

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

@JoshDaws @aifilmmaker No

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

Why do we try to convince people that their ideas are bad?

Because we believe they are exchanging short term gains for long term losses.

Question for you: suppose you could become the best AI film maker ever, but you would have to sacrifice your experiences you had with your brother making indie films, would you take that trade?

[Daniel J. Roberts @ThomisticDan]

"It was a dream come true and my worst nightmare all wrapped up in one. I’m so glad I had that experience."

If he had done this with AI, he would not treasure the memory the way he does in this post.

[Josh Daws @JoshDaws]

We made our feature in 2007 on a $60k budget. We raised 30k and put the rest on credit cards. It did not make back its budget. The crew we were able to pay a pittance made more money on it than we did. Even after we put it on YouTube and it got 1.6 million views we couldn’t monetize it because all of the DMCA dings on music we had properly licensed at the time.

An indie feature is not your ticket to riches and fame, but I don’t regret making it one bit. It was a dream come true and my worst nightmare all wrapped up in one. I’m so glad I had that experience.

[Emperor Crowe @crowe_justinp]

Joe Heschmeyer already exposed Ryan’s inconsistency about Mark 16:16. When pressed, he falls back on “it shouldn’t be there anyway”. Now he’s pushing an argument from absence, but in only 1/2 the verse?

This is faith built around personal beliefs and not the Apostolic Deposit.