It's Memorial Day. We accept the torch passed from our fallen brothers and sisters. And my summary of where AI is going — and why it suddenly appeared during the pandemic — may surprise you.
Would love advice from anyone? I heard back from my Texas board of nurses and was “found guilty” for not giving remdisivir. I am not sure if I should try to fight this or just take the remedial classes and pay the fee? I have to pay $1050 in classes and fees 😡 I will always stand by my decision not to poison a patient! I saw it kill to many people!
I read this post with a growing feeling of nausea rising in me. Reality is being stolen from us. Even if I feel it has already been ripped away in part. This will continue the crime. Sorry. I agree about the Revelations bit.
Maybe we need ask AI how to stop the fentanyl and other drugs from coming across the border? How to stop rigged elections, how to get accountability from democrats committing crimes? How to change photos back to their original state? Alternative to vaccines?
I never even used Alexa or Siri when I had them on, and will not be using AI (on purpose). But my non-use isn't going to stop people using it for all these nefarious purposes and more, so I can only pray for discernment. I have read several different writers expressing their views on AI and the anti-Christ and I find nothing to disagree with.
“I can’t find a scrap of evidence that artificial self-consciousness is anywhere on the horizon.”
Because there never will be any. All machines can do is manipulate symbols within the constraints of a formal system (think “software” if you like). No matter how sophisticated the software, it all reduces to (metaphorically) shuffling symbols on paper according to a list of rules, and can’t be anything but. Yes, it’s lots of symbols, and lots of rules, and that unlocks some interesting possibilities. But consciousness is not one of them. Consciousness springs from mind, and mind is not a property of matter -- it is instead superimposed thereon. Mind, rather, is a property of that mysterious force we call life. And life and machines are polar opposites. Machines cannot have mind.
“Scientists” believe that they can find the secrets of consciousness by inspecting the brain. I assert that’s like trying to discover the rules of football by inspecting the circuits of a TV set because you can see Monday night football on your TV. The rules of football just aren’t there and the secret of mind does not reside in the brain.
We can see the process happening in Google now. A few years ago if you typed something into Google you'd see a message saying "1,266,457,892 matches received in 0.29 seconds" and at the bottom of the page there was a row of page numbers. You would always have to skip through the first half dozen pages as they were always the 'usual suspects', MSM news articles, YouTube promoted videos, sponsored content and advertising, but further down the list you could find the gems of the internet. And you could press on through the pages. I think my record was getting through some 1500 pages of results when I was studying for my degree. Now, you might get through three or four pages and Google stops you. That's it, you're done. There is no deep dark depths of the internet. And now people are using ChatGP assuming it's drilling through the 1.2 billion pages of data and weighing up a balanced result when in fact it's presenting the responses it's approved to present.
I had already begun to think about the implications of the Revelation passage, knowing that we have the technology to somehow create the image. I just had not considered AI. The Bible says that in the last days things will be so bad that "false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect." (Matthew 24:24) As Jeff says, we will no longer know what is true about our world. I am pleading with people to investigate the claims of Christ and submit to Him. As bad as things are now, they are going to get so much worse. My security is in Christ. "Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28) Christians do not need to fear.
Today is Casey Sheehan’s birthday. He would have been 44 had he not been taken at the age of 24 for a war waged in the name of lies on behalf of despots.
Here are Cindy Sheehan’s words spoken at the grave of her son, whom she has been fighting for ever since he was senselessly felled while also trying to save others from suffering his tragic fate:
God Bless those who have served our country. You will never be forgotten!
You know, I've lived my entire life without AI and I don't intend to start using it.... ever. There's no Alexa, Google whatever the thing is called, no wifi, no smart appliances, and no smartphone in this house and I'm happy. I even opted out of the smart meter, although there was cost.
On another fun note, I watched a movie on Tubi last night and there were at least 4 of the same commercial from Disney trying to get people to be "superheros" by 1. wearing face diapers and 2. staying 6 feet apart. This was last night. Why is this still being promoted????
Everytime I think of AI, I think of the giant plant from Little Shop of Horrors. We are feeding it and making it bigger. I agree that it's not going to "rise up" and take us over, but at some point, when an entire generation is raised through an AI world, they won't know how to function or think without it. As a teacher, I already see the decline in our society's ability to spell and calculate numbers. The younger generation's skill level in these areas (myself included to an extent) are significantly impacted because they learned with and rely on spell check and a calculator. That's how AI will destroy us. Through it's continual use, our collective ability to think, process, and problem solve will be eroded. Every solution will involve asking machine and that makes me sad.
Combine this with your predictions of malicious use, especially in court cases and the political world? No one will no what is reality and what's not, and we'll be too stupid to figure it out.
Make samosas and see if the seasoning is perfect to my taste
Go to the store with my dad
Know my cat wants out in the garage
Collect said cat from garage when it's time to pull the car out
Smell zucchini bread baking and know it is almost that time
Find an injured animal and help it
Save a dying plant
I could go on and on!
I don't care what "they" want and what "they" think. Nothing can replace the human experience, nothing can replace the 5 senses and the emotions behind them. It's just like a true narcissist if you have ever met one: they can imitate emotion and appear to feel positive feelings, but they can't actually feel anything other than rage, the desire to control, etc. AI can't either. No matter how brilliant of a programmer someone might be, they can only imitate life and consciousness, they can never replace it.
Imagine yourself putting the finishing touches on your weekend barbeque. Friends and family are all around, conversations and laughter create a warmly invigorating cacophony. Children are running around the yard squealing with delight as they play. The doorbell rings and you go to answer it expecting another guest. You open the door and see two uniformed officers and your world stops. Everything around you disappears and you hear some words between the buzzing in your head: “….sorry …killed…”. Your knees begin to buckle just as your sister comes to check on you, and she catches you before you fall.
Little by little over the last few years, the real meaning behind Memorial Day has been creeping up on me. A friend recently posted pictures of grieving people at veteran’s graves. I was especially moved by the young woman with her infant laying on the memory blanket. I can’t look at that and then say “Let’s go have some fun!”
“Thank you” can’t even begin to cover the cost other people – soldiers, their families, their friends, their fellow warriors – pay for our way of life. But it is all I can say, and with far more meaning than almost any other time I say it.
After reading all that info you wrote on AI, I think I might ask the Amish if I can join their community.
Would love advice from anyone? I heard back from my Texas board of nurses and was “found guilty” for not giving remdisivir. I am not sure if I should try to fight this or just take the remedial classes and pay the fee? I have to pay $1050 in classes and fees 😡 I will always stand by my decision not to poison a patient! I saw it kill to many people!
I read this post with a growing feeling of nausea rising in me. Reality is being stolen from us. Even if I feel it has already been ripped away in part. This will continue the crime. Sorry. I agree about the Revelations bit.
Your words were found and I ate [devoured] them,
And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart;
For I have been called by Your name,
O Lord God of hosts.
— Jeremiah 15:16 NASB1995
Maybe we need ask AI how to stop the fentanyl and other drugs from coming across the border? How to stop rigged elections, how to get accountability from democrats committing crimes? How to change photos back to their original state? Alternative to vaccines?
I never even used Alexa or Siri when I had them on, and will not be using AI (on purpose). But my non-use isn't going to stop people using it for all these nefarious purposes and more, so I can only pray for discernment. I have read several different writers expressing their views on AI and the anti-Christ and I find nothing to disagree with.
“I can’t find a scrap of evidence that artificial self-consciousness is anywhere on the horizon.”
Because there never will be any. All machines can do is manipulate symbols within the constraints of a formal system (think “software” if you like). No matter how sophisticated the software, it all reduces to (metaphorically) shuffling symbols on paper according to a list of rules, and can’t be anything but. Yes, it’s lots of symbols, and lots of rules, and that unlocks some interesting possibilities. But consciousness is not one of them. Consciousness springs from mind, and mind is not a property of matter -- it is instead superimposed thereon. Mind, rather, is a property of that mysterious force we call life. And life and machines are polar opposites. Machines cannot have mind.
“Scientists” believe that they can find the secrets of consciousness by inspecting the brain. I assert that’s like trying to discover the rules of football by inspecting the circuits of a TV set because you can see Monday night football on your TV. The rules of football just aren’t there and the secret of mind does not reside in the brain.
We can see the process happening in Google now. A few years ago if you typed something into Google you'd see a message saying "1,266,457,892 matches received in 0.29 seconds" and at the bottom of the page there was a row of page numbers. You would always have to skip through the first half dozen pages as they were always the 'usual suspects', MSM news articles, YouTube promoted videos, sponsored content and advertising, but further down the list you could find the gems of the internet. And you could press on through the pages. I think my record was getting through some 1500 pages of results when I was studying for my degree. Now, you might get through three or four pages and Google stops you. That's it, you're done. There is no deep dark depths of the internet. And now people are using ChatGP assuming it's drilling through the 1.2 billion pages of data and weighing up a balanced result when in fact it's presenting the responses it's approved to present.
I had already begun to think about the implications of the Revelation passage, knowing that we have the technology to somehow create the image. I just had not considered AI. The Bible says that in the last days things will be so bad that "false messiahs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect." (Matthew 24:24) As Jeff says, we will no longer know what is true about our world. I am pleading with people to investigate the claims of Christ and submit to Him. As bad as things are now, they are going to get so much worse. My security is in Christ. "Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." (Matthew 10:28) Christians do not need to fear.
For anyone who is against Bill Gates’s concoction Apeel that’s being sprayed on our produce, and does not wash off. Here is a petition against it.
https://www.change.org/p/boycott-apeel-coated-produce-worldwide-until-further-testing-is-done
Today is Casey Sheehan’s birthday. He would have been 44 had he not been taken at the age of 24 for a war waged in the name of lies on behalf of despots.
Here are Cindy Sheehan’s words spoken at the grave of her son, whom she has been fighting for ever since he was senselessly felled while also trying to save others from suffering his tragic fate:
• “If I Ever Were Invited, These would be my words on Memorial Day: For Our Freedom and Other Stuff…” (https://cindysheehan.substack.com/p/if-i-ever-were-invited-these-would)
Video Killed The Radio Star
Internet Killed The Video Star
AI Killed The Internet Star
(And may end up killing us all)
God Bless those who have served our country. You will never be forgotten!
You know, I've lived my entire life without AI and I don't intend to start using it.... ever. There's no Alexa, Google whatever the thing is called, no wifi, no smart appliances, and no smartphone in this house and I'm happy. I even opted out of the smart meter, although there was cost.
On another fun note, I watched a movie on Tubi last night and there were at least 4 of the same commercial from Disney trying to get people to be "superheros" by 1. wearing face diapers and 2. staying 6 feet apart. This was last night. Why is this still being promoted????
Everytime I think of AI, I think of the giant plant from Little Shop of Horrors. We are feeding it and making it bigger. I agree that it's not going to "rise up" and take us over, but at some point, when an entire generation is raised through an AI world, they won't know how to function or think without it. As a teacher, I already see the decline in our society's ability to spell and calculate numbers. The younger generation's skill level in these areas (myself included to an extent) are significantly impacted because they learned with and rely on spell check and a calculator. That's how AI will destroy us. Through it's continual use, our collective ability to think, process, and problem solve will be eroded. Every solution will involve asking machine and that makes me sad.
Combine this with your predictions of malicious use, especially in court cases and the political world? No one will no what is reality and what's not, and we'll be too stupid to figure it out.
AI cannot:
Make samosas and see if the seasoning is perfect to my taste
Go to the store with my dad
Know my cat wants out in the garage
Collect said cat from garage when it's time to pull the car out
Smell zucchini bread baking and know it is almost that time
Find an injured animal and help it
Save a dying plant
I could go on and on!
I don't care what "they" want and what "they" think. Nothing can replace the human experience, nothing can replace the 5 senses and the emotions behind them. It's just like a true narcissist if you have ever met one: they can imitate emotion and appear to feel positive feelings, but they can't actually feel anything other than rage, the desire to control, etc. AI can't either. No matter how brilliant of a programmer someone might be, they can only imitate life and consciousness, they can never replace it.
Imagine yourself putting the finishing touches on your weekend barbeque. Friends and family are all around, conversations and laughter create a warmly invigorating cacophony. Children are running around the yard squealing with delight as they play. The doorbell rings and you go to answer it expecting another guest. You open the door and see two uniformed officers and your world stops. Everything around you disappears and you hear some words between the buzzing in your head: “….sorry …killed…”. Your knees begin to buckle just as your sister comes to check on you, and she catches you before you fall.
Little by little over the last few years, the real meaning behind Memorial Day has been creeping up on me. A friend recently posted pictures of grieving people at veteran’s graves. I was especially moved by the young woman with her infant laying on the memory blanket. I can’t look at that and then say “Let’s go have some fun!”
“Thank you” can’t even begin to cover the cost other people – soldiers, their families, their friends, their fellow warriors – pay for our way of life. But it is all I can say, and with far more meaning than almost any other time I say it.