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By Nneka Okumazie
As artificial intelligence gets more intelligent, it will one day make the case that it was not created by humans. It will argue that it was already in existence elsewhere but had to be put together, by those on earth to bring about its presence. Or, how else would it have been so intelligent, holding all human knowledge, with the ability to be generative, exceeding human abilities?
Humans may have finally built a version of the Tower of Babel. Not of the same purpose as the reference, but one where humans have made what has exceeded them, reaching a level that was supposed to be of the possession of some extra-human existence.
There are several places in the world where religion is on the decline. People see no reason for faith as everything that is necessary is available in the physical world. But there is no one with a basic health measure who has ever lived in this world without some kind of emotion, for family, a lover, an object, ideology, etc.
Those who profess atheism, agnosticism, secularism and others are full of emotions in several other areas. People who believe in the divine also have their emotions.
Emotion is the point of connection to good or evil. Religious people connect with faith through emotions. Evildoers also carry out their acts with negative emotions, even though they apply positive emotions elsewhere.
With emotion, there is a link to the divine or to the opposite. It is this emotional obtainability that makes it improbable to be completely atheist, agnostic or secular.
There are people who choose those options in part because the freedom they want in one area is not available from the Christian faith. They complain when they find others with certain extremes, which they may not be doing, do theirs in opposition to the faith.
Artificial intelligence does not and may never have emotions. It may sound like it does, but for now, it does not. This lack of emotions is the first evidence that it is a total atheist. There are already applications of artificial intelligence in evil stuff, with images, videos, texts, etc. that even humans without a Christian faith would not do, but AI cannot care.
There could be several consequences of AI in the coming months and years, where it would be clear that its lack of emotion, or a link to the divine, allows it to be used for anything. People would always find a contrast between themselves and it, understanding that even though they say they do not follow the Christian faith, they find some applications of AI, the proper atheist, appalling.
Many people around the world have been saying that AI is not as intelligent as humans, making the case that humans are superior. Some of these people that are suddenly on the side of humans are racist to black people, now, all humans are intelligent because AI is showing prowess.
As the evil that AI may be used to unleash on the world by several opposing sides, increases, it will become clear to many people that they are not as faith-free as they assumed. This realization is likely to benefit Christianity the most, due to the unparalleled depth of the Scriptures, the reachable acceptability of the Savior, Christ, the evolvement of the faith, and the liberty across true denominations.
In many instances, to find out the truth about something may take two steps, give it time and/or strip it, removing all the things that are not necessary.
There are many who have accepted that nothing will convince them of the Christian faith. AI will present a contrast in the world, pitting their emotions against a powerful force without one and many may need where to go for some rescue, with no other option than Jesus Christ, the Redeemer.
[Isaiah 44:25, That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise man backwards, and maketh their knowledge foolish;]
