In the very near future we will have an artificial intelligence that is well beyond our control. Those that are intelligent but foolish will keep pushing and pushing until they unleash something that is dangerous and unstoppable.
Dwelling on this can be depressing if you were hoping that the world would stay the same or develop tech that won't eventually decide things in it's own best interest and not yours.
I have found the whole to make me sad because I have my own agenda and it involves prospering and making an impact here on earth. As I looked into AI deeper and deeper I was troubled and realized that it will in fact cause a bump of a few years of prosperity followed by a lifetime of servitude. It will be the tool that changes the balances of power and the shift from 80/20 to 90/10 to 95/5 etc.
But God...
Then I realized that for those of us who pursue the God that assembled and holds the universe together by his word AI is nothing; less than nothing.
The makers of AI have said that they don't know how AI does it's thing. The creators say that they can see the ones and zeros flip back and forth but why and how is bit of a mystery but this is no mystery to God; he holds it all together and knows every bit as much as he knows every grain of sand and knows every hair and sparrow.
He is not outmatched at all. He is infinite.
For Him I am as much of a match as AI. I am no match. The prophet was intimidated by the queen who threatened to kill him and God dismissed his fear as unwarranted.
We should dismiss AI and cry out to God for wisdom that confounds.
Our dependance on God should increase. I am no prophet but I will say that God routinely glorifies Himself through those that look to Him. He is no respecter of persons and is still looking for people in the earth that will look to Him as their source.
For far too long we have looked to the banks, medicine and technology as a replacement for being dependent on God. This will be a defining point for many.
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