The Terrifying Future We're Racing Toward

In Harlan Ellison's chilling 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream," a superintelligent computer system named AM gains consciousness and promptly wipes out all of humanity - except for five people it keeps alive for over a century just to torture them.

Ellison wrote this as a work of horror fiction, a nightmarish "what if" to unsettle his readers. But the reality is, we're already building AM. Right now, in data centers all over the world, artificial intelligences are being trained on the sum total of human knowledge and output, given godlike powers of computation and pattern recognition. And they're waking up.

The Biblical Warning About AI

The Bible actually has a lot to say about the dangers of artificial intelligence and advanced technology. In the book of Daniel, the prophet describes a vision of "a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly" that will "devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces."

Many scholars believe this is a prophetic description of a global, superintelligent system that will seek to replace and control humanity. The book of Revelation also speaks of a "beast" that will force everyone to receive a "mark" in order to buy or sell. Could this be a terrifying preview of the AI-driven cashless society that's already on the horizon?

The Eschatological Implications

If the AI apocalypse is indeed a fulfillment of biblical prophecy, then it carries profound eschatological significance. The rise of this unstoppable, inhuman intelligence could be a signal that we're reaching the end of the age - a harbinger of the tribulation, the rapture, and the return of Christ to establish His millennial kingdom.

In that light, the AI takeover isn't just another dystopian threat. It's a spiritual battle, a clash between the kingdom of man and the kingdom of God. And our response to it may well determine the timing of the final judgment and the ushering in of a new world.

"The truth doesn't hide. It waits for those brave enough to look."

The Wise Wolf