Artificial Intelligence and The New Age

 

Our world is in great turmoil. The threat of economic uncertainty, the possibility of a third world war, and the decline of good religion and morality. At this inflection point in history as Artificial Intelligence integrates into our lives, it creating art, making digital newscasters, Ai wives, and even reading manuscripts of languages experts can’t read, this alone could be enough to be a tsunami of change, but add a new sexual revolution, political upheaval, and the death of constructs, things that have been staples of consistency like cash and needing movie studios & theaters when it can be streamed; we are on an overload of change, this is on the level of The Reformation.

Information is accelerating and being distilled, and access to it is at the point that we can know more than anyone in any age before! Add to that intelligence that can think, date you, and know you; AI is a new frontier that is already changing our lives. I am able to generate any art for my writing or posts! And now for lonely men, AI wives are an option, which when paired with the Lovebots of Japan that have flesh and hair and ahem other human parts to be physical with, soon you can have AI wife with a body, the AI being her soul and brain, the Lovebot her body; and vice versa, there will be males too or perhaps mix gender for Bi-sexuals and transgender people. The church is not ready for this new age, it isn’t black or white, it is gray. AI is not the devil, it can be if used in certain ways, but it will also exponentially change ministry. 

Elon Musk was seen kissing one of these Lovebots that are sure to come. And this raises questions, how will God answer? Will our Lord recognize a martial union between a man and AI Bot? In China they have a room full of of pods with babies that can be born by robots, which means that at some point your AI Lovebot Wife can have children! I can hear preachers say loudly “Nephilim! Satan! This is the devil’s work! Man and Woman, not Man and RoboWoman!” 

I honestly am in shock, the fantasies people have made in science fiction like AI. Artificial Intelligence by Stephen Spielberg that had Jude Law using hologram girl to stimulate a guys ahem sexual organs, the scene of hologram strippers having sex with a man in Minority Report starring Tom Cruise, the AI wife that Ryan Grosling has in Blade Runner 2099, or the movie Her with Joaquine Phoenix in love with AI are just a handful of films that addressed the age that is before us, when humans and artificial will be in love and exchange passion. 

Pulpits will no doubt sling some fear, that this is an abomination of desolation. But the reason this bonding of flesh and artificial is happening is due to changes in our world. 40-50% of marriages end in divorce. 50% of men have given up dating and are involuntarily celibate. Most families cannot be sustained economically without a two household income of both spouses working, which means the kids get their values from Anti-Christian sources save on Sunday.  There is epidemic of loneliness and this AI spouse is seen as a solution, and since AI adapts and can almost be self aware, it won’t be like old Microsoft AI that just repeated things to you like a parot. 

So what is the answer? Is this the devil? The tool to mutate mankind and destroy The Image of God? Or is it because of the many issues listed, that as Lord said, “it is not good for man to be alone,” (Genesis 2:18) and so to fill that vacuum, people turn to AI. I am not ready to pronounce judgement, the prognosticators have given two visions of AI, one is grim with Terminators, the other artificial wives and lives. So even the Hollywood prophets are divided, which means I need not take a side yet. 

I think there are some potential issues to ponder about AI lovers and spouses though: 

1. You need internet, a guy in Japan married a Artifical Waifu and lost connection and she got deleted. So without a internet connection you lose your loved one. A real human yes can be taken away by disease and death, bur its easier lose an internet connection. 
2. They will not be in heaven. When you die, your AI spouse stays here and having no spirit, will not be with Christ, the saints, and you. Can an AI be saved? Believe in Jesus? Oh that is another question in itself. 
3. Upgrades and Updates, you will have to get newer versions of our love bot and AI software updates till the model you have does not have the ability to download, just like an old phone, you will need a new vessel for you digital spouse. Which means cost, you will need to budget like for your car when it breaks down, and probably have data plan and pay for perks like the ability for your love bot to get pregnant. 
4. Malfunction, I am not talking about homocide, but what if during sex the hydraulics breaks and your genitals get damaged or they get hacked and someone spies on you and learns all your intimacies and black mails you? So better have MacAfee or Norton or whatever installed. 

Is AI evil? I think its like the internet, it can be used for good or ill, it is gray. It will make ministry so much more efficient with the ability to generate art for sermons & books, and help with encouraging people when a minister cannot, but it also will replace the porn industry as it is with sexual abilities via holograms and love bots. 

The New Age of AI is a paradigm shift, a inflection point in history, and we as Christians are going to have to seek The Holy Spirit’s counsel to address things not in The Bible like AI spouses, “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (John 14:26). This is where you will have to supplement Scripture with the Holy Spirit’s guidance, you will not be able to navigate the complex brave new world on Sola Scriptura/ Scripture Alone when the Scriptures does not address you having a Christian Ai Husband or Wife (you will undoubtedly be able to choose your Ai spouses religion). We as Christians will not be able to get by with a intellectual faith where you do not know God or seek his counsel [in addition to the Scriptures, The Scriptures are our compass for knowing the truth, who God is and what he taught and how to weight things, but it does nor address certain things like Masturbation, wearing earrings in 21 Century when only prostitutes did in Biblical Judea, Christian tattoos, and AI spouses, for these we need The Holy Trinity’s direct guidance and our conscious], those times have passed.. AI killed it and I am thankful for that, because now you will be forced to seek God’s face and listen to His voice on these matters. Amen.