One thing I think you didn't mention is the potential for translation. ChatGPT works so much better than Google Translate because it's actually been taught the rigors of Hebrew grammar, and when combined with something like Sefaria, we'll probably have so many texts translated into English that were practically inaccessible to the generation(s) of Jews failed by the diaspora Jewish education system.
Fascinating piece, and one I'll need to spend more time unpacking. That said, I think the idea that rabbis will appeal more to charismatic authority is a misrepresentation of the history of psak and the tools it uses.
The reliance on the printed word, over the interplay between questioner and Rav. While books are indeed considered reliable way to determine what to do, that was somewhat of a novel idea (See Shu"t Maharshdam choshen mishpat 1) - even then the elastic nature of Torah sh'baal peh remains in the DNA of Halacha - cases of hefsed meruba, bshaas hadchak etc all rely upon a subjective interplay between the two parties.
Perhaps all of this can be felt in the words of the Kuzari:
"The faculty of speech is to transmit the idea of the speaker into the soul of the hearer. Such intention, however, can only be carried out to perfection by means of oral communication. This is better than writing. The proverb is: 'From the mouths of scholars, but not from the mouth of books.' Verbal communication finds various aids either in pausing or continuing to speak, according to the requirements of the sentence, by raising or lowering the voice, in expressing astonishment, question, narrative, desire, fear or submission by means of gestures, without which speech by itself would remain inadequate."
Even the choice of the final psak is far more than just calculating the number of books that permit vs forbid and following the majority. There is a living tradition that is still passed down (through the shimush process of working under a more experienced Rav) about which opinions can be relied upon in various circumstances, the communal traditions about which halachic authorities have extra relevance for members of that community etc.
Last time I saw that Ezra brand was posting crap sermons via AI until I told him how fucking lame they were.
He finally blocked me so I didn't have to see that shit.
https://open.substack.com/pub/marlowe1/p/hey-man-by-tim-lieder-fiction-extra?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=sllf3
One thing I think you didn't mention is the potential for translation. ChatGPT works so much better than Google Translate because it's actually been taught the rigors of Hebrew grammar, and when combined with something like Sefaria, we'll probably have so many texts translated into English that were practically inaccessible to the generation(s) of Jews failed by the diaspora Jewish education system.
Fascinating piece, and one I'll need to spend more time unpacking. That said, I think the idea that rabbis will appeal more to charismatic authority is a misrepresentation of the history of psak and the tools it uses.
The reliance on the printed word, over the interplay between questioner and Rav. While books are indeed considered reliable way to determine what to do, that was somewhat of a novel idea (See Shu"t Maharshdam choshen mishpat 1) - even then the elastic nature of Torah sh'baal peh remains in the DNA of Halacha - cases of hefsed meruba, bshaas hadchak etc all rely upon a subjective interplay between the two parties.
Perhaps all of this can be felt in the words of the Kuzari:
"The faculty of speech is to transmit the idea of the speaker into the soul of the hearer. Such intention, however, can only be carried out to perfection by means of oral communication. This is better than writing. The proverb is: 'From the mouths of scholars, but not from the mouth of books.' Verbal communication finds various aids either in pausing or continuing to speak, according to the requirements of the sentence, by raising or lowering the voice, in expressing astonishment, question, narrative, desire, fear or submission by means of gestures, without which speech by itself would remain inadequate."
Even the choice of the final psak is far more than just calculating the number of books that permit vs forbid and following the majority. There is a living tradition that is still passed down (through the shimush process of working under a more experienced Rav) about which opinions can be relied upon in various circumstances, the communal traditions about which halachic authorities have extra relevance for members of that community etc.
More on this in a class I gave: https://mytechtribe.org/videos/2023/3/19/can-robots-be-rabbis