Sermonette: The Rise of AI
Knowledge Shall Increase
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Ryan McClure
Given 06-May-23; 19 minutes
description: Coupled with the end time warning about knowledge (including technical) increasing exponentially at the end times (Daniel 12:4) is the somber warning in the Olivet Prophecy (Matthew 24:4-5) about deception and lies (generated by the father of liars), made even more dangerous by artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT, software capable of understanding and generating human text based on the input it receives. AI can mimic any voice in 3 seconds, able to electronically revive a long-deceased actor, casting him in new roles. Technology is morally neutral, but in the hands of evil, carnal human beings, it is dangerous and a mortal enemy of the truth. The engineers of the software sadly incorporate their own biases, leading to shameless control of information and propaganda as we currently witness in the hands of big tech, threatening to censor the truth while flooding the internet with propaganda and untruth. For God's people, with a mandate to search for and guard the truth, this "source" of information could be tainted with falsehood, threatening the entire loss of our civilization, as it now appears to be unfolding. With each new development of AI, God's people must exercise caution, realizing that access to truth (especially God's life -saving truth) will be in short supply, requiring vigilance and guarding as never before.