The Singularity will be the Antichrist

In my usual fashion around this time of year, I bring you some hard-hitting facts to sober your Christmas extravagances. I recently taught a Second Coming lesson at Church and it got me thinking about the Antichrist. Then it hit me, we love to think about how machines are eventually going to kill us. This is certainly not a new idea, but I began to wonder why we seem obsessed with our creations killing us. But we don't want to kill A.I. we want to create them! So why would they or it try to kill us? Some ideas:

• Makes for a much more interesting movie
• Slaves rising up against their masters - punishment
• We would be a threat and must be eliminated 
• Humans make much better flesh batteries than friends

The list could go on and on. And then it hit me. What if the real reason the Singularity or A.I. wanted to kill us is because the creation of a sentient being is outside God's plan for humanity and is effectively an abomination only to be controlled by the whim of Satan? Behold, your future Antichrist!

Here are some characteristics of the Antichrist. Could an A.I. match up?

• Blaspheme God - Rev 13:6
• An A.I.'s existence could be considered blasphemy as God is the creator
• Claims to be god and is worshiped -  2 Thes 2:3-4
• An A.I. claiming it is more intelligent than all? Easy for the masses to worship this after making obeisance to false idols like money, cars, beauty and power. 
• Will show miraculous powers - 2 Thes 2:9-12
• Could this Singularity cure cancer? Create nano-bots or solve equations previously thought impossible? Would these things be miracles? 
• Comes back to life - Rev 13:12, 14
• People unplug, he somehow comes back (always back up your work!)
• Rules for 42 months - Rev 13:5, 7
• 3 1/2 years of everybody drinking the Kool-aid? Oh yeah!
• Control the economy through his mark - Rev 13:16-17
• Not hard to fathom a requirement for everyone to have something to interact with the Singularity to benefit from it and people would line up for it. 
• Defiles the Temple - Dan 12:11, 21-24
• Not many buildings without computers in them. Setting up computers in the temple that allow this entity in could have horrible consequences. 
• Lead Armageddon - Dan 11:40-41
• Who wouldn't want this A.I. battle planning for a "humane" and efficient way to win? 

Of course, I'm not the only one to think of this. See here for more ideas on this topic.

http://aiantichrist.blogspot.com/

Just remember, I told you this was coming on Christmas Eve-eve. Before the Dark Times. Before the Empire of the Antichrist whom the world will gladly embrace!

Trailer Magic

This was too good to pass up. Perfect example of how George Lucas is his own worst enemy. First is the actual trailer for the next Star Wars. What follows is a fan made mock-up of how George Lucas would have made a "special edition" of the trailer.

 And now the glory!