Wednesday, November 28, 2012

A.I. Antichrist Connection Is Over 100 Years Old

When the A.I. Antichrist connection came to me around the year 2000, I wondered for quite some time if anyone else had ever considered this. Naturally, my first thought was to do some Google searches and see if anything popped up. When nothing did, it was pretty safe to assume that this set of words in combination was too rare and not yet indexed in Google's "memory banks" or it hadn't yet been uploaded on the web.

However, after a recent interview I did on the show Steel on Steel (use promo code "Veritas" to listen to the interview here) regarding this topic, someone from their audience informed me that the idea of the Antichrist/Beast being A.I. can actually be traced all the way back to the year 1902 in an obscure commentary on Revelation by the controversial scholar and theologian E.W. Bullinger.

For example, in reference to one strange verse which speaks of giving life to an "image"--a statue or idol--that ends up killing anyone who doesn't worship it (Rev 13:15), Bullinger sees the fulfillment of this prophecy in the development of superhuman machines by saying:

Nikola Tesla, the Hungarian-American electrician, boldly declares (in The Century magazine for June, 1900), that he has a plan for the construction of an automaton which shall have its "own mind," and be able, "independent of any operator, to perform a great variety of acts and operations as if it had intelligence." He speaks of it, not as a miracle, of course, but only as an invention which he "has now perfected." But again we say we care not how it is going to be done. God's word declares that it will be done, and we believe it. "Human energy" is getting on, and it will, ere long, be superhuman when developed by the Satanic agency of the second Beast, exercised through the human False Prophet. We already hear of talking machines; with "a little" Satanic power thrown in, it will be a miracle very easily worked. [emphasis mine]

So there you have it. Whether or not people have made this seemingly obvious connection prior to 1902 is unknown to me. So far, this seems to be the earliest recorded mention. If any of you know otherwise, please feel free to contact me or post a comment.

Although I have linked to the commentary on Revelation from Bullinger above, you can find the entire book here with the specific portion quoted on page 216. 

8 comments:

Michael Reighley said...

For years I had came up with the same answer and still do, wondering if the image of the beast is really is an AI or like Skynet Supercomputer that will be use by the Antichrist. Another point would be that the Antichrist could in fact link himself to the AI, human/machine networking that would make him like superhuman and use the system to kill anyone who does not worship it. With the biochip and verichip technology, we are not too far from what becoming the future Antichrist SKYNET.

a said...

we are the antichrist organization and we are perfecting this AI machine automaton very soon we will destroy mankind

sinner get this blog off the internet or we will come and get you

Anonymous said...

Hey 'a', come and get me while you're at it unless you really are a coward hiding behind anonymity - there's too many people like you in the world now & before you foam at the mouth for getting a reaction I'm not interested in arguing - what's the point in arguing with a lying coward? Think of something clever to reply so you can convince yourself your not while the grown ups ignore you.

Anonymous said...

the antichrist is the zionists

the beast is a zionist supercomputer a.i.

lissa is right that we are all infested with neurotechology that is miniscule - the level of technological advancement of the military sector is kept hidden from the public, so as to better control populations.

Soldaritus said...

It has already begun. It's called whole-brain emulation. Check the link.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weve-put-worms-mind-lego-robot-body-180953399/

Anonymous said...

Boston Dynamics just recently released a video, “Atlas, The Next Generation.” In this video, the robotics company that is owned by Google is showing off the latest version of a robot called Atlas. artificial intellegence

Anonymous said...

There is a 1980’s christian movie called “Image of the Beast” depicting the Beast as an AI robot controlling the whole world. Here is the scene showing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6X26xI7xGM

Anonymous said...

Radio frequencies are the method of control.

There may be a way to jam them however but I'm unsure....

All science is man made trickery of God's creation, I admit I am still learning and not very well versed in the bible but I had originally set out for scientific proof of God but being that science is man made the proof of his final judgement does not physically exist but our own creations can and will be manipulated on us by evil forces because our creations