Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the
birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.” So God created human beings in his own image. In the
image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful
and multiply. Fill the earth and govern
it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the
birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.” Genesis 1:26-28
(NLT)
The next time you order
pizza delivery the knock at the door may be AI – literally!
According to a recent post
on InterestingEngineering.com recent developments and
advances in artificial intelligence
(AI) have robots doing a lot more than you think.
And it’s not all about a
robot delivering your pizza.
The Future of Life Institute
is impressive; their governing board includes the likes of Alan Alda and Steven
Hawking. They’re also very forthcoming
about who they are and what they’re trying to do. The home page of their website states their
mission:
FLI catalyzes and supports research and initiatives for
safeguarding life and developing optimistic visions of the future, including positive
ways for humanity to steer its own course considering new technologies and
challenges.[2]
According to the website,
they are concerned. As a watchdog institution eyeballing
the development of science which has the potential to not only bless, but
possibly blast humanity, a recent post shared the concern that huge leaps
forward are not only possible, but happening.
In short (and within the
limitations of my feeble grasp of science), if the robots are made better and
better, and given the ability to program themselves, they’ll eventually do it
better than we can. And they’ll keep
doing it better, until they’re so far ahead of humans they become a menace to
their creators. We will become obsolete,
and, perhaps, ready for the recycle bin.
Ugh!
According to our text today,
God told Adam and Eve to rule over creation, and all the animals. Perhaps God should have spelled it out that
we should be very careful about taking things too far.
There is a point at which
your advances can also become your destruction!
And I think that is the
point of The Future of Life Institute.
The organization offers to
keep us informed – I signed up for updates, and I’ll let you know what I hear.
For You Today
There’s another future of life reality that has
nothing to do with a website – and it isn’t concerned at all with AI or
scientific genius; here’s what it does say:
I heard a loud shout
from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his
people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there
will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.” And the one sitting on the throne said,
“Look, I am making everything new!” And
then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and
true.” And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and
the End. To all who are thirsty I will
give freely from the springs of the water of life. Revelation 21:3-6(NLT)
Nothing artificial about that life!
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