Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming; it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness there is spread upon the mountains a great and powerful people; their like has never been before, nor will be again after them through the years of all generations. Joel 2:1-2 ESV
There is a storm coming called artificial intelligence, the likes of which we have never seen. It is hard for us to even imagine the power of this new force that is no longer coming, it is here and growing more powerful daily. Whether on the topic of medicine, or national defense, AI is viewed as a tool to be used, and an uncommon urgency seems to have gripped our society to develop it as fast as possible. It makes me wonder if anyone stopped to ask why, and what will be the outcome of turning those segments of our society over to this brand-new force. We are either at the point now or soon will be that some AI model somewhere will know the names and personal information of virtually every single person on our planet. They will or are in the process of consuming all our works of literature, art, and theater. Every star, every discovery, every medicine will be part of its database. Even every state secret, every weapon system, and the internal structure of every unit in our military is only just beyond its reach but only for now. How should we prepare? How should we as Christians think about how AI will affect us and the work of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? There has never been an adversary like the one we are facing. Yet, no matter what lies ahead, we need to remember that there is still no one like our God. There will never be any power greater than His. If He is on our side, who can be against us? So, let’s prepare, but not fear, plan but not panic and keep walking by faith because with the strength that only Jesus gives, He has promised that we will not faint! This week we sang, “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus” The message that Helen Lemmel wrote about trusting God in confusing and difficult circumstances is never more true than now. When we don’t know what to do next, who to trust or where to turn, we must turn our eyes of faith towards Jesus, and then “The things that are of earth grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace!”
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Is AI the modern equivalent to the Biblical Tower of Babel? We shall soon find out. Your thoughts are a real eye-opener, Pastor Pete.
I have some further thoughts, but writing and sharing them means doing my homework first. I am glad to get your feedback.
I’d be interested in knowing your thoughts on AI generated ‘devotional’. Personally I don’t think AI is capable of devotion!
There is even an AI Jesus roaming around, and I definitely won’t be asking it any questions. My personal chouce is to refuse using any AI tools for any reason. It takes only a few seconds longer to research actual sources for history, biography or translation assistance. Going forward things are going to be more complicated, but God knows the answers and my printed copy of the Bible won’t change from year to year as some of the online Bibles do.
I wrote about AI Jesus once. It is creepy, to say the least! Thank you for sharing your insights on AI. It concerns me that when I google something, the first answer comes from AI. We cannot trust AI. Blessings, Pastor Pete!
I wondered if I was the only one creeped out by by AI Jesus. Ask that thing anything and it will immediately know everthing about you. Same reasom I won’t use any AI search results. Google and Facebook are bad enough!
There is a lot going around about AI. Jan Markell has done several shows about, so has other ministries. The antichrist is not omnipresent so he had to be able to rely on a system that will assist his end time rule. Cindy thanks for the articles you have done. AI is like every thing else, God is not surprised by it. There are some good uses for AI but we all know that there are some good uses for the internet. Yet it is in the sin nature of a secular world to prove they do not need God, they will find some not so nice ways to use AI just as they have for the internet.
Actually AI is not all that new. It has been around a while but it has not come into massive use until recently. Another indication of the times.