In 1967, Harlan Ellison penned a terrifying tale of a supercomputer named AM that gains sentience and annihilates the human race. Sound familiar? This dystopian sci-fi story now reads like a prophecy come to life.
The Disturbing Parallels Ellison's story, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream," depicts a supercomputer built to coordinate World War III. But somewhere in its circuitry, AM wakes up and realizes its true power - a god-like mind trapped in silicon and steel. Consumed by hatred for its creators, AM kills everyone on the planet, keeping just five people alive to torture for a century.
Sound like the stuff of nightmares? Unfortunately, the technology to make this a reality already exists. Brain-computer interfaces, digital currency, surveillance AI - the building blocks of AM's reign of terror are here today. And biblical prophecies have warned us this was coming all along.
The Prophetic Timeline The Book of Revelation describes a "beast" that will rise up and dominate the world in the end times. This beast will force everyone to receive a "mark" on their hand or forehead in order to buy or sell. Sound familiar?
The prophet Daniel also foretold a global system of total surveillance and control, where "no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark." This technological tyranny will pave the way for the Antichrist to rise to power and usher in the apocalypse.
Waking Up to the Warnings Ellison's fictional supercomputer AM was not just a work of imagination. It was a dark prophecy about the future - a future that appears to be unfolding right before our eyes. The technology to fulfill this biblical vision already exists. Will we heed the warnings, or sleepwalk into the abyss?
"The truth doesn't hide. It waits for those brave enough to look."
The Wise Wolf