{"id":28026,"date":"2019-09-19T14:06:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T14:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=28026"},"modified":"2019-10-21T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:10:51","slug":"how-you-could-lose-control-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/how-you-could-lose-control-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How You Could Lose Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span><\/span>If you think technology brings greater freedom, perhaps you should further contemplate the breakneck rush toward artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you now more or less tethered to electronics than, say, ten years ago? How many times a day do you speak to a synthesized voice?\u00a0What in your life is dependent upon the microchip?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When we are tethered \u2014 attached, wified,\u00a0wired \u2014 we\u2019re in bondage; on a leash \u2014 one that now pervades the terrain and atmosphere.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is especially important due to the onset of \u201c5G<\/a>\u201c: Today, the networks that drive our smartphones and internet-connected devices are mostly based on 4G technology. But higher-performance\u00a0fifth-generation technology<\/a>\u00a0is on the near horizon and it promises (or threatens) to take us places we\u2019ve never been before.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ImageAs one report\u00a0summarized it, \u201c5G is considered key to the Internet of Things (IoT), the name given to the notion of tying just about every and any thing into the Net. Billions of sensors will be built into appliances, security systems, health monitors, door locks, cars and wearables \u2014 from smartwatches to dog collars. One analyst firm predicts that the number of networked devices will skyrocket from about five billion in 2015 to twenty-five billion in 2020.\u201d Refrigerators, furnaces, lights.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In other words,\u00a0just about\u00a0everything\u00a0<\/em>around you will be based on those wifi, bluetoothish, and cell signals, if it isn\u2019t already. That presents not only the danger of a mega-crash (say, a massive regional blackout, or even a national outage due to something like a solar flare or a drone-carried bomb that explodes above our grid, which would cripple everything we do, from drawing water from a tap to using debit cards), but also is the most likely scenario for tyranny.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That is, the tyranny of Artificial Intelligence. It\u2019s why we have a \u201cspecial report<\/a>\u201d this month about it.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Image<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Let us add a comment to the report:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If computers ever take over from humans, it is more likely to be through artificial intelligence functioning in the vast interwoven computer networks than robots marching up the street \u2014 though the latter, as spelled out in that report, are also fully possible (in many ways more daunting: up close and personal). But: can you think of a better place for an anti-christ than in a tacit tech takeover \u2014 an invisible electronic presence that spreads like a \u201cvirus\u201d controlling everything from personal computers and servers to cell towers to your stove?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"ImageA.I. expert Geordie Rose says that tech developers are summoning \u201centities\u201d into existence which will have the same indifference to humans as we have towards ants. \u201cThey not gonna be like us, they\u2019re gonna be aliens\u2026they\u2019re gonna be way smarter than every single person in this room in ways that we can\u2019t even comprehend,\u201d said Rose.\u00a0As an alt-right blogger wrote, \u201cHe then mentioned Elon Musk\u2019s concerns about artificial intelligence taking over humanity, but cautioned that the word \u2018demons\u2019 doesn\u2019t even capture the true scope of what will happen.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"For our discernment.\u00a0Prayer need.\u00a0 It is a very fast and dangerous time. Challenges are rising on every side.\u00a0The One Who can guide and protect us is the Holy Spirit.\u00a0When we pray, no robotic (or demonic) intelligence will ever approach how pervasive\u00a0He<\/em>\u00a0is; no cell tower will rise remotely as tall.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[resources:\u00a0new special report]<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[see also:\u00a0Snowden warns on \u2018artificial police officers\u2019 roaming globe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Alarm raised on \u2018killer robots\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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If you think technology brings greater freedom, perhaps you should further contemplate the breakneck rush toward artificial intelligence. Are you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-commentary","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}