Tuesday,
October 10, 2023
“Yes, I am
the vine; you are the branches. Those
who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can
do nothing.
John 15:5
There are many things a human cannot do.
Unlike the cow in the children’s rhyme, humans cannot jump over
the moon, (at least not without a Bazillion-dollar Space Shuttle). We also cannot change our DNA, or place of
birth, or a bunch of other characteristics: eye-shape, fingerprints, genetically-inherited
diseases or some traits, like color of our hair (well, aside from Miss Clairol
and Sally Beauty salon revisions…which are entirely external masks).
On the reverse side of that stuff that humans cannot do, is what science
cannot do. In one of the comparatively
new branches of science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robots are being taught how to (at least) mimic human characteristics
for a wide range of applications, doing tasks that humans no longer want to
do. If you’ve ever asked Alexa
to change the channel, turn on the lights, or lock your front door from 20
miles away, you understand.
But in
today’s culture AI is much more than having a butler do everything you want in the house,
from taking out the garbage, to picking out which cool T-shirt to wear to the
game. Today’s research is already
overwhelmingly-involved with virtually everything you buy, including cars, food,
clothing, furniture for your front porch, and pet shampoo. Frankly, you cannot do a single thing online
without someone getting ahold of your preferences in where to take a vacation and
what toothpaste you love.Billionaire tech genius, entrepreneur, co-founder of Google, CEO of SpaceX
and Tesla, and now owner of Twitter, rebranded as “X”, Elon Musk has been
involved in developing AI
in the form of bot-tech
(computer brains that serve humans by imitating being human). Despite that deep immersion in artificial
intelligence, and being armed with a bankroll larger than most small countries,
Musk has some cautions now about the whole thing; in an interview this April he
said:
For all the magnificent (some would say malevolent) machinations of
mankind to copy human intelligence into machines, there is one human
characteristic (at the very least) science cannot force into wired circuit
boards, chips, and whatever other mysteries run computer thingies…and that is
eternity…an eternal soul that will never die. They couldn’t even get to the point of a temporary
soul that has genuine compassion.
All humankind’s science can muster is mimicry – a painted face doll, with programed responses, and not
an ounce of caring for what becomes of its fellow inhabitants of planet earth. God, who is creator of all that is seen, and
that which we haven’t yet seen, has declared many times within the pages of
Scripture that he will not share his glory with anyone. I will not give
my glory to anyone else,
Isaiah 42:8.
So as for AI, it will remain artificial; the real thing is God’s,
and quite unique! For You Today
For those who trust
in God’s promises, this world may rob you of your job, your health and play a
lot of nasty tricks on you. There is one
thing God has given each of us complete control over; our
eternal soul. Its Un-BOT-able!
You chew on that as you hit the Rocky
Road; have a blessed day!
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