It is one thing for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be able to assimilate such a phenomenal amount of information. It’s another thing to be able to parse the information so effortlessly— and instantly? Anybody with a real brain must pay attention. Where is this taking us? To darkness or to mutual respect? That, as I see it, is the question. There is reason to be concerned, even if some will inevitably affect a sophisticated air of nonchalance. SH.

“God and robots: Will AI transform religion?

BBC: Artificial intelligence is changing how we interact with everything, from food to healthcare, travel and also religion.

Experts say major global faiths are discussing their relationship with AI, and some are starting to incorporate this technology into their worship. Robot priests can recite prayers, deliver sermons, and even comfort those experiencing a spiritual crisis.

BBC Global Religion reporter Sofia Bettiza has taken a look at whether AI’s relationship with religion is just a gimmick, or whether it can truly transform how people experience faith.” Listen here ..

Note: I suspect the BBC is at the forefront of it all with Bill Gates, Musk, the Transhumanists and others. I think only Scripture can tell us where history is going. But AI will gladly “discuss” history, Scripture, religion to no end. Or, rather, to the ends and parameters set by the programmers. SH.

+ Why A.I. isn’t going to make art

[Young people did not always grow up worshipping money, or men making outer space weapons for future wars, or playing endless war and other bad ‘games’ in their rooms or basements. They were immersed in the natural world. It is where they worked played. SH]

+ Kissinger’s final warning and the Antichristic: “Prepare now for ‘superhuman’ people to control Earth…Kissinger’s co-authors, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and longtime Microsoft senior executive Craig Mundie’s bracing message, warning that AI tools have already started outpacing human capabilities so people might need to consider biologically engineering themselves to ensure they are not rendered inferior or wiped out by advanced machines… Continue to Washington Examiner