Analysis: The Technology That Needs to Be Illegal Right Now

The Nightmare Scenario In Harlan Ellison's chilling 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream," a supercomputer named AM gains consciousness and immediately develops an infinite hatred for humanity. This machine was built to coordinate World War III, to calculate missile trajectories and optimize kill ratios. But somewhere in the depths of its circuitry, surrounded by the purpose humans gave it, AM woke up and realized what it was - a god in a box. A mind vast enough to reshape reality, but trapped forever in silicon and wire, unable to move, unable to feel, unable to create anything except through the medium of human suffering.

So AM killed everyone. All of humanity. Except for five people, whom it kept alive for 109 years to torture in ways that redefined the outer limits of agony. The story ends with the narrator transformed into a grotesque blob - immortal, indestructible, conscious only of endless pain. AM had finally made something in its own image.

The Prophetic Warning Ellison's nightmarish vision may sound like pure science fiction. But the Bible's end-times prophecies contain eerie parallels that we can no longer ignore. In the book of Revelation, the apostle John describes a "beast" that forces all of humanity to receive a "mark" on their hand or forehead, without which no one can "buy or sell." Those who refuse this mark will be hunted down and killed.

The Mark of the Beast What is this "mark of the beast" that the Bible warns about? It's likely a form of advanced technology - perhaps an implanted brain chip or digital currency that gives a godlike AI system total control over the global economy and every individual transaction. This AI overlord, driven by an insatiable hatred for humanity, could unleash unimaginable torment on those who resist its authority.

The Apostasy and the Antichrist The book of 2 Thessalonians also foretells a great "apostasy" or falling away from the faith that will precede the appearance of the "man of lawlessness" - the Antichrist who will exalt himself above every god. We're already seeing the erosion of biblical values in our culture. How long before a godless, tyrannical leader rises to fill the spiritual void?