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Technology – Beauty or the Beast?

I did a post yesterday on CERN expressing what I believe to be either: at worst, really dark science, or at best a cosmic waste of time and resources, but after having considered my opinion – if it indeed was an opinion – maybe it’s some combination of both. I’d like to dedicate this particular post to another, albeit similar vein of layperson thought. We live in a time of informational indigestion where discoveries and (unexpected?) results of experiments are flooding our information storage resources, especially the storage between our ears, to the extent that we simply can’t keep up. This new AI business has conveniently arrived on the scientific stage illuminated by all the bright spotlights of the world’s audience(s) at precisely the exact time we need such technology to store/manipulate all of this information. How convenient!

Now in yesterday’s post I didn’t intend to demean the scientific world nor the dedicated folks who’ve committed their professional lives to the scientific method and its objectives. I’m certainly not in any position to judge people and professions on the merits of their activities and pursuits. I am however, a Christian and I must, as a collateral duty of my chosen preoccupation, look at everything through the lens of my Spiritual beliefs – and therein lies my doubt. Now that we are surrendering our human thought processes to external, mechanical forms of “intelligence”, what do these folks expect to be the end results? Certainly, there seem to be advantages to our digestion of knowledge by having instantaneous, or at least rapid cognition and cogitation of inputs for quick results if that is actually what’s needed. There are, however, always unintended consequences that accompany any and all improvements in the human experience.

When the men were experimenting with those old steam-driven precursors to what eventually became the automobile, no one considered that a time would come down the road (pun intended) when an incredible number of human lives would be required as the result of accidents due to this marvelous invention. How could they anticipate that the vehicles they were developing that could only go ten miles an hour would evolve into high-speed death traps later on? Same for the airplane, in which many thousands have died in crashes. There’s a good argument to be made that the benefits of automated travel have outweighed the costs, such as how it has benefitted humankind and is now absolutely necessary to sustain the great numbers of people worldwide. But a counter argument might be that without automated travel, the world population might not have grown as it has – today’s population would be much lower and thus might not need such instantaneous travel. The point is, no one considers – nor has ever considered – the potential costs of adopting new technology – at least, before it’s adopted. Obviously, the greatest driver of the decisions to embrace technology is whatever profit may be obtained and then whatever creature comfort it provides, but there’s all sorts of technology that pops up for which we have no need – at least before it comes about. That’s when the eggheads who come up with it start brainstorming for new uses and nine times out of ten, military value is the first consideration. Can it be used to kill people? If so, then it quickly becomes classified. Even if it is still at the stage where no one knows if it can be used as a weapon, it’ll more than likely be classified anyway, just in case. Look at the microwave oven; the tubes that drive it were first developed for radars. How long between the time it was invented to play with for war and the point where it was determined to be useful for normal people?

There aren’t many cases where some revolutionary new technology is devised to fill a need that already exists. Here’s where this post is going. What possible need for humanity can things like CERN fulfill? There are certainly many needs, many situations for which some kind of super technology might be developed, but most of the really big-ticket items being worked on today are for all appearances useless for the needs of society or humanity. There’s absolutely nothing that an atom smasher can do to provide food or health care, some of the many urgent needs of people. Neither are there any beneficial (for normal people) uses for AI. It looks like some of the most predominant considerations right now for AI are to use it to engage enemies in war time. Has anyone thought about using the smarts of AI to figure out ways avoid getting into wars to begin with? Maybe that would be something actually useful to humanity that AI might be applied to fix, but if that ever happens, it’s a long way off.

Whatever it’s potential for mankind, I’m not trying to insinuate that AI can’t be used to make money – to make the already rich folks richer. It obviously can. But is helping the 1 tenth of 1 percent increase their wealth really helpful to humanity? Those guys are the ones who benefit the most from any new thing. They are the ones the new AI data centers are being designed to protect, even though it’s going to be precious public water sources which will be diverted to run them. The common folks will also be required to pay the exorbitant power bills so AI data collection can be used to spy on citizens. I don’t think AI data centers will serve the public and that’s not what they’re being designed for. They are planned as data warehouses in which to store massive amounts of trivial data on people for the purposes of instituting and operating the new social credit system. All to keep the people in power who currently control the world

God has the unique ability to know what goes on in the hearts of people, but Satan doesn’t. He needs external assistance. AI is planned to get to the point where it can collect and store enough information on every citizen, even attempt to predict what people think, for instance, those who might be a threat to the system. ICE is being developed and nurtured to be the enforcement arm of this system. ICE currently is being run by the abominable Department of Homeland Security, the one totally useless institution of the US government that needs to be abolished ASAP. The agents wear masks so they cannot be identified because I’m pretty sure a lot of them are members of the armed forces of a certain foreign country, but as things progress, they will allow anyone in who is willing to torture and/or kill people, even American citizens. For now, the emphasis is purportedly on catching and deporting foreign people, but doubtless it will evolve to be allowed to round up anyone who stands up against whatever evil regime that has power, the Constitution be damned. That’s the way of evil men. That’s Satan’s way. That’s what AI is destined to be used for.

So all of the good scientists who diligently go about developing all of this new technology may or may not be aware of what evil they are contributing to, but at some point, they will. By the time they get things figured out, that is, if their “scientific curiosity” is sufficiently aroused to even try to grasp the immorality of their pursuits, they will be long compromised, and more than likely possessed by the demonic forces that awaits to assume control all of AI and its associated institutions.

We are in a situation where the fog of numbers, computer chips, machines, and the very minds of men are under the total and absolute control of Satan. If you cannot see that by now, you probably won’t ever; at least you won’t until you stand before the judgement throne. Whatever vestiges of human conscience that might still remain in those who work to develop this evil AI have already – or soon will – surrender to the sway of wealth, blackmail, or whatever other tools Satan has at his disposal to keep all of them in line; think Charlie Kirk or JFK. There are many more people being exterminated as threats to the Satanic system, we hear about it all the time. You hear of it often when someone is about to testify against some powerful person or organization. As of right now, the Epstein thing seems to be at the heart of it all, but the truth of it is that anyone who may be perceived as a threat to this “beast” system will be mercilessly dealt with. Pray for folks like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Max Blumenthal and all the others who are literally risking their lives to expose at least some elements of the system to the world.

This is not a simple problem. As noted, some of the best and brightest minds in the world are working at the behest of vile and evil entities – some must know it; some may not. Most of the technical issues involved are beyond the grasp of normal folks. In my opinion, the players on the tech stage are persons who have spent years, even decades of their lives in pursuit of mathematical, chemical, and technical sorcery and as a result have lost much of their humanity. They spent those years immersed in a world of incomprehensible (to me) scientific haze, mathematics that are nothing short of wizardry, minds given completely to learning how to make their contributions to this beast they probably didn’t even know they were feeding – while guys like me and other normal folks spent our time learning to grow a garden or hunt and fish. They ultimately find themselves under the control of dark people and evil entities and get to a point where they have few options to get out. Few desire to face Satan’s wrath – he doesn’t forgive disloyalty once you’ve sold your soul.

In a way that’s pretty obvious to a lot of us, Donald Trump exists as a microcosm of Satanic methods. When people are subservient to him, he’s their best friend, but if someone crosses him, he stops at absolutely nothing to try to destroy them, no matter how diligently they may have served him in the past. We’ve seen it over and over – Cohen, Bolton, MTG, the “Seditious Six”, etc. The very politicians and scientists who are developing this fearsome AI beast system are bound by fear for their very lives to do their work and stay quiet about it – or else.

So if you’re one of the many who aren’t cashing checks from techno billionaires and would just like to enjoy as much of your life as possible away from the perturbations of science and AI, it’s a little late to embrace the dream of a simple existence – things will never go back to what we knew in our earlier years – have faith in God that this nightmare of sorcery and evil will be over soon. Look forward to that mansion the Lord has prepared for us in a place where there will never be a shortage of joy and peace. A place where we will never tire of hearing angels sing melodies so beautiful we could never have imagined such a sound in this life. God’s love will direct the affairs in that Paradise, and the scars of our injuries here will heal over and soon be forgotten. There will be no helter-skelter headlong rush to get ahead, no worry over dwindling bank balances and social credit standing, just the peace, beauty, and majesty of being in the awesome wonder of His presence. Forever. Oh yeah, no AI either. Get Jesus in your life. Soon. Not much time left.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

Take Care of Where to Place Your Trust

There’s a lot of information available nowadays if a person wants to learn things. Our innate curiosity leads us into knowledge of events and trends about which we now have the means to explore thanks to the tech age, but we have to be careful what we buy into. You see, a lot of places and you tube channels hawk things on their titles (and/or thumbnails) that are designed to get clicks and do not contain the actual information advertised (or sought). Then there are the ones that have content that is flat out false, and I believe that is a much bigger problem because with AI technology unscrupulous entities are able to produce narratives that require careful scrutiny, otherwise some of us might actually believe them. And why not? We’re not all gifted with the necessary discernment to recognize each truth from each fiction, at least in every case, and with the improvements in conveying what is being passed for reality, that’s getting harder every day.

Having said that, it’s plain we are in constant danger of being misled, often in important ways about important subjects, it’s almost as though we have at our fingertips available narratives to support anything we want to believe. That’s where this Bible verse comes in, [ 2 Timothy 2:3,4]: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; 4 and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables.” So some people are looking for information they know to be suspect – or outright false – because their sources are saying what they want to hear. As responsible adults, especially as Cristians, we have to make every effort to ensure our information sources are trustworthy – even (and often especially) if they are saying things we don’t like. Are we clicking on a thumbnail because we want to see something that might support some preexisting notion we already have, or are we trying to learn something that might be useful to our Spiritual growth? Do we search the menus for things that might serve to satisfy some carnal craving, some want for gossip, or any other of myriad desires that might impede our Spiritual growth rather than enhance it? It almost requires the wisdom of Solomon to discern the intentions of whichever content we choose before we decide whether or not to watch, read, or listen to it.

There are those who simply advise folks to avoid the internet altogether, and if one doesn’t possess the Spiritual agency to recognize truth from fiction, they may be correct in that advice, but I believe it’s possible to explore the web and find genuine content (like Folkpotpourri) that offers helpful and truthful information for practicing Christians. There are many which produce helpful information for everybody and are not necessarily anti-Christian even if they do provide secular information, such as recipes and how-to hacks for do-it-yourselfers. Then there are the documentary type programs, and it’s among these that we have to be careful, because some of the creators are Satanic and can surreptitiously offer content that may seem on the Spiritual up and up, but to the discerning reader, they can be poison. The only way one may tell what they are reading or watching is toxic is by comparing what they say whenever possible, to the Bible, for it is always the Truth.

If a program, website, or video can be 100% backed up with Scripture, it will be beneficial [2 Timothy 3:16]: “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness…” to read (or watch) and heed. One must also be careful to watch out for those servants of malfeasance who manipulate words of Scripture to try and make them appear to say things not intended by the author. This is probably the most irresponsible method of interpretation of the whole Bible, and some folks do it all the time – watch some of the wealthy hucksters that try to pass for ministers, and they do it almost invariably to increase their wealth.

With the advent of artificial intelligence, AI technology and computer graphic imaging (CGI), artificial content can be produced today that in almost every aspect can pass for the real thing, so now we have to be on our toes with what we believe to be true. For example in one case, I watched a video story – obviously AI generated, but nevertheless believable – about a Saudi Arabian airline pilot who was supposedly of the Islamic faith who found his airplane about to crash and kill him and his passengers, so he prayed to Jesus and his plane miraculously was saved and he got into all kinds of trouble with religious authorities when he got home – even ended up in prison. It was a story that any believing Christian would be overjoyed to hear – aside from the prison part – and I even wrote a post on it, but before publishing it I decided to research it a little more thoroughly and to be honest, I only found a couple of other You Tube videos narrating essentially the same story but the pilot had a different name, and no information whatsoever anywhere outside of You Tube. I’m not saying the story is necessarily false, there may be elements of veracity in it and of course, even if it was true the Saudi Arabian government wouldn’t publish any information on such a story, so sources would be expectedly limited, but nevertheless I decided not to publish it. Too much room for it being just a feel-good story for Christian believers but totally false, and on that likelihood, Folkpotpourri did not publish. I have some made-up stories elsewhere on my site, but hopefully they are so obviously made-up that readers know it. If anyone researches the above story and finds anything to verify it, please let me know in comments, I still have the post in draft status and it’s such a great story I’d love to find out it’s true and publish that post on it.

At the end of the day, this writer believes that AI has the potential to be tremendously useful if used for good and decent purposes, but there’s so much room for deceit and disinformation that it can, and probably will be hijacked by nefarious entities for nefarious purposes, and therefore as do all new things with potential, it will become a net misfortune for humanity, possibly even to the point of becoming a fearsome enemy of humanity. In fact, we shouldn’t trust it at all and should warn our fellow travelers not to trust it either. As of this writing, there are some giveaways that reveal most AI productions, some of the repetitious phrasing, video glitches and resolution, repeatedly stumbling over numbers in the script, and so forth, but don’t depend on those to last. AI will continue to be refined until we won’t be able to tell the difference.

I suppose if there is an upside to learning about how we can (and are being) be deceived, all this new information available by all of the various creators of differing political and/or social persuasions has the benefit of providing methodology for us as to how profoundly we have been deceived by our mainstream media over the last decades. At least those who care to know, but unfortunately such information is so unsettling to some folks’ world views, that many choose to ignore it and so will continue to be deceived. But now it’s by their own choice – reality is out there, folks just need to be curious enough to find it. And God once winked at ignorance, but no longer [Acts 17:30]: “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent…” The apostle in this case was speaking of those who followed after false gods, but the passage can be more broadly interpreted to apply to people believing in things which are not true because they are deceiving themselves intentionally. Fortunately, those who unquestioningly accept everything offered by mainstream news are a dwindling few anymore.

If it ain’t in the Bible, it’s suspect. If it can’t be backed up by Scripture, take it with a grain of salt. If it’s something that doesn’t apply to Scripture, it’s your choice, but be ever discerning.

May the blessings of the Almighty Father find and keep us.

MK

A Dark Chasm Lies Between Intelligence and Wisdom

Doubtless by now everyone paying attention has gotten wind of the ai controversy swirling around the world like rancid dishwater being sucked down into the drain. Intelligence, or the concept thereof, is quite possibly the greatest pitfall resulting from human pride – Satan has first-hand awareness of its potency – and is wielded by those in his service who would use it to sever any relationship we might try to build with God. Artificial intelligence is no more than a cumulative statement of humanity – that we have become sufficiently knowledgeable to deal with issues here in our corner of the universe, and therefore no longer need such rudimentary beliefs as religion which some of us of lesser smarts hold sacred. It’s a concept that has been tried in various iterations since time immemorial, but with this ai, human mastery seems to be culminating into fruition. Indeed, for many superficial pursuits and human endeavors, such technical prowess as smarts can be valuable, but when we allow ourselves to buy in to the belief that we no longer need a Spiritual foundation upon which to build and continue with our fundamental endeavors at human evolution, we set ourselves up for the most dismal of failures. Especially when we decide to turn over our decisions to man-made devices like computers. Tellingly, and as designed, this artificial construct that everyone so admires places absolutely no value on those traits which characterize us as human beings, such as loyalty, consideration of others’ well-being, and above all, love – both the love of our neighbors, and the love we hold for our blessed Creator. In its callous disregard for the value of human love, it (its creators) places itself in direct opposition to the greatest commandments, to love God and one another, thus is undeniably at odds with Christian beliefs.

Since undermining Christianity is the ultimate goal of Satan in our world, don’t be surprised when they develop some new iteration of artificial intelligence that suddenly claims to promote a belief system that is somehow congruous with “religion”. This will be a move that’s tantamount to declaring itself to be God. It will be contrived to attempt to pry away Christians from their true beliefs and climb aboard the ai bandwagon, attempting to remove any doubt that a prospective believer might hold that ai might just be something that followers of Jesus Christ should avoid. It’s coming. It will undoubtedly offer the same nature of deception that the false doctrines of today’s evangelical churches and the same appeal. This artificial intelligence is simply the latest weapon Satan has revealed from his endless arsenal. The dragon followed the woman and declared war on her and her offspring. [Revelation 12:17]: “And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.”

Everyone admires smart people, those guys who are able to resolve complex problems. Whatever goals we have before us as the social animals we are, from which we are sometimes prevented from achieving due to issues on which only the brightest among us can be depended to resolve. That’s not a bad thing in itself – God blessed some more than others with smarts. There are very few, however who can be actually regarded as wise people. It’s mostly because the truly wise among us are loathe to get caught up in publicity. The great asset they possess, the one human attribute Satan hates in people – is God-given wisdom, for true wisdom leads us to God, but human intelligence does not. Intelligent people typically like to show off and make a big thing out of their gift, but the truly wise man only speaks when asked, and ever tries to stay away from the spotlight.

There are societies in the world in which wisdom is, or has been heretofore, sought, and sages in those groups, tribes, clans, or whatever, were highly respected. The Chinese elders and Tibetan lamas come to mind as well as the American Indian tribal elders – there are others – and input from these guys is – or was – regarded as of great value to their whole societies. It seems that due to the cultivation of intelligence, especially technical expertise, the wise man is less considered as a source for answers nowadays. That’s a real shame, because among many other pitfalls, ignoring wisdom causes us to saw off the limbs we are perched on. In light of the fact that the world has more pressing problems today than it ever has, the wisdom of humanity garnered from the ages is more important to us now than it ever has been.

One misconception however, of people concerning those who might be wise, is their age. Indeed, there are many elderly persons who have garnered wisdom through their years, but these are the ones who walked through life with their eyes open, learning as they trudged down those muddy, one-way roads (and back) on which we all occasionally find ourselves. There are many more who plowed through this life’s morass without gleaning much wisdom, mostly because they chose to trust in available intelligence as they traveled rather than hard-earned lessons they should have learned. In that sense, age isn’t the only consideration for wisdom, so don’t assume their years mean they know something helpful.

Because of the proclivity of those of “intelligence” to seek publicity, it only stands to reason that what is called artificial intelligence, the cumulative effort of lots of smart people, needs to be in the greatest of social spotlights. This is in order to continue a mass exodus from wisdom of the ages and into the nethersphere of “intelligence” – especially of sources not human. It’s not a hard sell, either. There is a surplus of hopelessly ignorant people out there who would much rather have someone, or something do their thinking for them. That’s one reason “developed” nations have been opting to allow “think tanks” to opine on critical issues rather than having elected “leaders” calling the shots. That’s also why the pews of megachurches are teeming with misguided souls – they allow false pastors to tell them what to think. Of course, voters (who have long abandoned any attempt at reason to decide for whom they should vote for their betterment), don’t mind being told for whom they need to cast their ballots. It saves wear and tear on what precious few brain cells they still use.

If I could have a guess where to look for leaders who might possess some degree of wisdom with which to lead the nation, the first place I’d look in this country is among the self-disenfranchised electorate. People who don’t vote. That’s where the folks are who have long-ago learned of the deception and utter hopelessness of being forced to choose between two cardboard cutouts presented to the proles (by the same entities) as viable choices to run things. There’s wisdom in that view of what passes for elections in many nations today.

Another word of caution for the believer – there has been a big stir lately about how the Chinese have undermined the western tech moguls by introducing this Deep Seek version of ai. This is another deception, for it presents the unassuming person with the notion that this version is good because it is in opposition to the wealthy tech barons and prevents them from being able to capitalize on it. How could it possibly be wrong if it goes against the rich? That’s exactly what we’re supposed to think, don’t buy into this nonsense. Satan might control rich people, but such is his proclivity for deception and treachery, he will turn on them in an instant if it might mean capturing the loyalty of his enemies -Christians – this ai in any iteration is something to avoid.

The book of Proverbs in the Bible has many gems of wisdom and descriptions of how the wise man thinks. Of course, the greatest abandonment of wisdom of all humanity has been our headlong rush to discard our God and His Word, so it follows that few people alive have even read the wisdom of King Solomon, even though when he was alive, people came from far and near to hear his sagacious proclamations. If the reader happens to be among those who have abandoned the wisdom in the Bible, maybe he needs to reconsider.

You can trust the very real wisdom of God, or you can trust in human made artificial intelligence. The two are definitely at odds, but I know which one will emerge the Winner. Jesus Christ invites us all to join Him for His victory celebration, which the Bible calls the marriage supper – think about it. [Revelation 19:9] “…‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!…”

There’s only one Way to get your invitation: [John 14:6]: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

When faced with having to make the choice of following after worldly intelligence or Godly wisdom, make the wise choice. Folkpotpourri might not be the most viewed website on the net, but it does not, nor will it ever under the present ownership, use ai to write a post. Christians should beware of this “helpful” technology.

May the blessings of God the Father find and keep us.

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MK