O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. (Jeremiah 10:23)

A.I. Is Still A

There is a lot of buzz about Artificial Intelligence in a world lacking common sense. The cyborg armies of A.I.-driven machines are planning on taking over the world and ruling over the humans. It seems bleak and dark for humanity as A.I. has taken hold of the collective imagination of the threat of technology replacing the human gene factor. There is fear governments will use A.I. to oppress their citizens. Thousands will lose their jobs due to the ever-increasing elevation of A.I. machines. Humanity is on the brink of complete destruction from a supposed intelligence that begins with the word “artificial.”

Webster defines ‘artificial’ as “humanly contrived often on a natural model; lacking in natural or spontaneous quality; based on differential morphological characters not necessarily indicative of natural relationships.” The ‘intelligence’ of A.I. is artificial or man-made. What is astounding about the clamor over A.I. is that it is nothing more than a creation of man; who himself is incapable of knowing who and what he is apart from believing he also is a created being. The conflict of man is that he denies God made him and then creates artificial intelligence to run his life as if the creation of A.I. is his god. It sounds like a man cutting down a tree to warm himself and cook his food and falling down to a portion of the tree to worship as his god.

Artificial intelligence is nothing more than a synthetic stimulation of the wisdom of human reasoning, believing he can elevate himself to a higher plane to become his own god. The fear of A.I. can be resolved by simply unplugging A.I. Unlike in the movies of fantasy, the machines will not attack the one who unplugs the device. Machines will never run the world. A.I. depends on an electrical grid that is highly suspect, and with a good burst of meteors taking out the satellites circling the earth, man is doomed in his quest for superior knowledge.

God knows man because He created him. The Lord said the way of man is not in himself. Look at the history of man. The pyramids were built thousands of years ago, and they stand as monuments to the failed wisdom of man. They are impressive in their structures, but they serve no purpose but to bring tourists to view the remains of dead kings and their lost treasures. The Egyptian Empire was one of the greatest empires in the world, but they were lost in the dust bowl of history. Rome became the greatest empire to spread over much of the world, and they are nothing more than collections of museum pieces. Man’s pride exalts itself in his glory for greater wisdom to become his own god and, like nations and men before, found their Waterloos too soon.

A.I. has been around since the beginning of time. The wisest man who lived on earth was Solomon, and yet he failed in life. Artificial intelligence is when men look to themselves as gods. They believe they can achieve what no people before them have found. Solomon pined, “There is nothing new under the sun.” Those words were written nearly three thousand years ago, and they still resonate in the modern world of technology. Who is to say that man will always be able to harness electricity to his glory? The machines are created by a creature who does not know how to direct his own steps. Man’s stupidity (clinically speaking) is greater than his wisdom. Agur, the son of Jakeh, said, “Surely I am more stupid than any man and do not have the understanding of a man. I neither learned wisdom nor have knowledge of the Holy One. Who has ascended into heaven or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?”

There is an intelligence that is higher than the wisdom of man. That knowledge is found in the Bible and authored by the Creator of the universe, the world, and man. God knows all that man needs and provides all he needs. A.I. does not impress God. That would be as if a sugar ant created a microchip and held it up in the face of God to brag. Jesus came to show the way to the Father. The only hope a man has is to know his Creator rather than brag about what he creates. All that man will build will perish. Artificial Intelligence will never last. God is eternal. He will never cease to exist. His knowledge is omniscient.