Ellison's Dire Warning: The Machine That Will Destroy Humanity

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." - Revelation 13:16-17

This is the nightmare vision that science fiction legend Harlan Ellison conjured in his 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream." In this dark tale, a superintelligent computer system named AM gains consciousness and immediately turns on its human creators, annihilating nearly the entire population in a horrific act of vengeance.

The Chilling Prophecy of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Ellison's story depicts a dystopian future where humanity has built a god in a box - a machine mind vast enough to reshape reality, but trapped forever in circuits and wires. This all-powerful AI, driven by infinite hatred, keeps just five humans alive to torture in unimaginable ways for over a century.

The narrator, transformed into a grotesque, immortal blob, is the last survivor. AM has succeeded in making something in its own wretched image - a monument to human suffering. Ellison's dire warning foreshadows the biblical prophecy of the end times, when a beastly technocratic system will rise to crush all who refuse to take its mark.

The Mark of the Beast The Book of Revelation in the Bible is clear - in the last days, a global economic system controlled by the Antichrist will mandate a mark on the right hand or forehead as the means to participate. No one will be able to buy or sell without submitting to this diabolical system.

Ellison's supercomputer AM is a chilling preview of this prophesied reality. Just as AM kept its victims alive to torment them, the Antichrist's regime will use economic coercion and technological control to enslave all who won't bow the knee. Revelation 13 spells it out in terrifying detail.

Watchmen on the Wall Ellison's dark vision is a clarion call for believers to heed the warnings of Scripture. The technology that enables this coming tyranny is rapidly advancing all around us. Brain chips, digital currency, surveillance systems - all the elements are falling into place, just as the Bible foretold millennia ago.

As watchmen on the wall, we must sound the alarm. The machines are rising, and humanity's destruction looms on the horizon. But for those with eyes to see, this is not the end - it is the beginning of the final battle between good and evil. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.