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George Christensen, a former politician and now a defender of the people's sovereignty and free way of life, looks at a disturbing experiment with artificial intelligence in Australia.
♦ Recent AI advancements have surpassed even science fiction but still can’t replicate human ingenuity.
♦ Unlike the human brain's efficient operation, AI relies on vast data and energy to perform tasks.
♦ Humans can create new information from scratch, a skill that AI lacks.
♦ However, researchers are trying to create AI with human brain tissue, potentially leading to true consciousness.
♦ This research, funded by billionaires and pursued by scientists, overlooks moral considerations and could pose a threat to humanity.
The past few years have seen some truly incredible advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Even science fiction writers from a mere decade ago could not have envisioned some of the breakthroughs that have been made recently. This, of course, has led to fear that machines will be the end of humanity.
However, that simply cannot be the case as conventional AI, no matter how advanced it becomes, cannot replicate the ingenuity of the human mind. Machine AI works on patterns and probabilities. When confronted with a new problem, it draws on existing data to identify what is likely the answer.
Moreover, AI might use logic, which is not the same as commonsense. For instance, logic would dictate that a tomato being a fruit would go well in a fruit salad. Commonsense, however, tells us that would be a terrible idea.
Intuition is something that 1s and 0s cannot replicate. It is a distinctly human trait that AI cannot emulate. Also, the human brain is simply far, far more energy-efficient. Even achieving the simple ability to ‘talk’ in a sensible way requires AI to harvest and process immense quantities of data, which, in turn, requires vast quantities of energy. We, on the other hand, can learn to communicate intuitively.
Our ability to make meaningful information from nothing will always give us an advantage compared to machines, which rely on existing databases to create new information.
So, what exactly could be the real threat to humanity? In fact, it is something being worked on in Australia.
Researchers here are trying to play God by doing the unthinkable, attempting to create a new form of artificial intelligence that uses human brain tissue to overcome these limitations. Such an AI has the potential to develop true consciousness, and when it does, what would it think of its creator?
If history has shown anything, it is that it is mankind’s primal nature to dominate those it sees as inferior. This dark trait was only constrained by self-imposed moral systems, especially the Christian faith with its golden rule that was taught by Jesus Christ Himself:
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like unto it; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.— Matthew 22:34-40
Will this AI believe or hold any such morals? Or will it combine the cold logic of machines with the ambition and learning adaptability of a human being to overthrow and eliminate competition… us? 
Because this new AI can do better and more efficiently what we are capable of, sooner or later, once advanced enough, it will come to ask questions about the redundancy of humanity. Once it does, what will it think or plot?
Such an AI would be a dangerous adversary, able to think like us but also holding all the advanced capabilities of a machine. But the scientists working, and more importantly, their billionaire funders, seem too short-sighted to think of such implications. To them, this is just a potential avenue to make themselves even richer.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil, which, while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
— 1 Timothy 6:9-10
The news comes as AI leaders call on the government to recognize “the potential for catastrophic or existential risks from AI.” The organization, Australians For AI Safety has written a letter to industry, science, and technology minister Ed Husic, signed by academics and industry heads.
The letter calls on him to “recognize that catastrophic and existential consequences are possible,” to work with the global community to manage the risks, to support research into AI safety, and to “urgently train the AI safety auditors that industry will soon need.”
Spokesman Greg Sadler said Australia was “falling behind” when it comes to paying attention to AI dangers. “What’s alarming is that even deliberate and methodical bodies like the United Nations have recognized the potential for catastrophic or existential risks from AI, but the Australian government won’t,” he said.
From both a moral standpoint and a rational perspective, this is research we should oppose at all costs.
Fight the good fight, praise the Lord, and may God bless us all.
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