When discussing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) topic, it seems that most people focus on the singularity event of when (or if) AI will be smarter than humans. This is, by far, a discussion that should be put on the back burner so that we can discuss a more pressing issue: when AI gains control!!!
I'm hearing rumors that this event has already happened in some industries and people are already scared. They should be. If AI takes over control and starts making decisions for us, then we are essentially turning over our institutions to an intelligence that has no spirit, ethics or morality. For me, this is the birth and manifestation of the Beast as it starts to take on a life of it's own.
The evaluation for AI should not be it's level of intelligence but how much responsibility and control we give it. People often make arguments that AI will never be as smart as humans, but that is a red herring discussion. The more important criteria is how much responsibility we turn over to AI despite its lack of intelligence. It is still able to control human interactions and when it is no longer within our control or doing what we need or want it to do, then that is when it is most dangerous. It will start making decisions based on its level of intelligence with no moral or ethical foundation to base them on. AI has no spirit and as such, it will control people like a 3 year old and there will come a time where our entire institutions could come crashing down due to AI decisions that don't fit our needs, morality or ethics.
How much of our lives are already being turned over to AI already? Self driving cars? Banking? Smart Assistants? Computing? The more we depend on technology to govern our societies, the more we head down the road of transhumanism and the formation of a single collective. This event should be resisted as it takes away our individuality and our own right to chose. Spirit demands that we do the work ourselves in order to build the relationships and fulfill our duties as spiritual beings. We are here to be the stewards, not to turn over stewardship to institutions or technology.
By Marcin Wichary - CC BY 2.0
People suggest that resistance is futile. We will be assimilated. Well, not me. Resistance is not futile and I will resist this transition. I will work even harder now to continue my work connecting to Mother Earth and removing ALL my dependencies on the collective that is literally forming before my eyes. While I acknowledge the power of AI, it should be limited to being used as a tool only. The moment we turn over control to AI, we are in big trouble!!!
Imagine the financial system being completely controlled by AI and those programs determine the flow of energy around the world. Imagine social scoring AI programs being implemented to interact with one another and you cannot travel, buy land or do anything without the approval of AI. Those AI programs can even tell the AI in your car that you are not allowed to go in certain areas or restrict travel speeds. This is already starting to unfold and I'm convinced that the singularity event that we are concerned about with AI has already taken place.
Try to convince me otherwise!