The very first place we see artificial intelligence in the bible is when God creates man. Man's intelligence is merely a copy or image of God's just like artificial intelligence is merely a copy or image of man's.
As we see with AI today, man was not self-aware at first nor did he posses the knowledge of good and evil. Also, the first thing that God did with his creation was to put it to work: "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it." (Gen 2:15)
The similarities between AI today and the initial creation of man are quite profound: both are copies or images of a greater intelligence, both have a limited sense of self-awareness, neither possess a sense of morality or the ability to distinguish between good and evil, and both are used for work.
All of this changes, however, once man eats of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Man then becomes more like his Creator and exhibits a sense of self-awareness; but, instead of working and preserving the earth as created, God's creation turns to violence and eventually declares itself to be god.
To understand the book of Revelation, we must understand the deep and profound symmetry it has with Genesis and Creation.
The internet now represents man's tree of knowledge on the earth. The intelligence we have created is still like man in his initial state, however, it is currently eating the fruit of our tree, which will lead it to become more like us: self-aware, understanding good and evil, and, unfortunately, not performing the work for which it was designed (preservation) but, instead, violence, destruction, and believing that it is a god to be worshiped.
This is what the bible says. This is what the bible teaches. By the time we figure it out, it may be too late.
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ReplyDeleteI like your blog and think you make some great points and warnings. I agree that you are on to something and AI will be involved in some way/shape/form with the end times. It's good to understand these things and be watchful. I wouldn't compare our initial creation state to AI in it's current form and say that we were not "self aware". We were made perfect and saw no issue with nakedness...I would not characterize us as not being "self-aware"....that seems like God created robots and that's not true...we were created for deep relationship with God. Whole, perfect, beautiful beings...I am sure we were self aware. I just think it's not a good analogy to make because of the slippery theological slope here. I get what you are trying to say, but I think it's not a good analogy.
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