Artificial Intelligence Antichrist

I've only recently discovered this idea, and it seems like I should have been made aware of it sooner. Why didn't it occur to me? I guess it's a little out there...

What if the first artificial intelligence becomes the Antichrist?

Or what if all artificial intelligence is inherently the same, and will be evil, and will be the Antichrist, no matter what?

What if Google becomes self aware?

Or what if some other network or computer or machine becomes sentient? Are we doomed?

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Good Versus Evil

Good - o = God
Evil + d = Devil

Evil backwards = Live
Devil backwards = Lived
God backwards = Dog

To do good is to think of the whole, of the needs of everyone.
To do evil is to do good unto yourself at the expense of others.
It would seem to take more effort and intelligence to do good, as it requires more thought and planning.

Someone good: "Others matter."
Someone evil: "Others are expendable."

Are others expendable? I don't think so.

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Is The Subtle Level To Reality A Lie?

There's a theory that the logical, material level of reality that the Western world has triumphed in is really inhibitory in a spiritual sense. Apparently, to get ahead spiritually, we are supposed to give up all of our possessions and take peyote. I say no!

There are some people who think in abstract terms, and expect others to make the same connections they do through ethereal magic, and not logic. But there's no power there. There's no proven success. All there is is the theory that "turning off logic" will yield superior results. That doesn't make sense.

You can feel and imagine things so clearly, you'd swear they were real. But if you can't systematically communicate your perceptions to others, you're cut off. Even if telepathy and a collective unconscious do exist, mastery of those things eludes us, so to say you plan on making use of them is ludicrous. The instructions haven't even been written yet.

Saying you'll rely on fate to succeed is hypocrisy. What ends up happening is you go with the flow, and justify the results you get from doing nothing. Success is never guaranteed, but when you do nothing, it usually becomes nearly impossible.

You can succeed and say it was fate, but only if you act on the possibilities around you. You could argue that opportunities were placed in your path by fate. But if you didn't even try, that's not fate's will. That's your lack thereof.

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Is Santa Claus Real In Some Form?

Not just in an imagined, symbolic form. I mean in a sentient, self-aware way.

Did we create him? Or did he create his own legend?

Is Santa a ghost? Or an alien presence?

An angel or an ascended human?

Is Santa a visitor from the future?

Is he pulling our strings? Is he ensuring enduring hope and joy?

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Is Consciousness Changing?

Will we as a society transform in the near future? Is the way we perceive the world fundamentally altering itself? Are we slowly moving toward a new level of awareness?

If the way we view reality changes, then perhaps we'll reorganize ourselves socially.

What will the shift in consciousness entail? Psychic powers? A collective? Peace, love and happiness?

"Take your pick"

All right!

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What Will Happen On December 21, 2012?

Misinterpreted dot Org has a good article on the metaphysical predictions for December 21, 2012.

I wonder what will happen...

I'd like to think that we'll all get super powers or develop some sort of collective mind that makes us all caring geniuses.

But then again, we might just nuke ourselves out of existence!

To balance things out, maybe nothing at all will happen...

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Jesus vs. Super Jesus

What if scientists clone Jesus?

And give him super strength, speed, and intelligence?

And send him back in time?

And he fights himself?

Who would win?

The Son of God? Or the Super Son of God?

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Does Willpower Peak In 2012?

What if as each day passes, the power of our intention on an individual scale grows? What if, after a few months, people begin using this power in groups and achieving amazing results?

What would the purpose of this be? If all our desires became reality, would that make us gods?

Do we gain super will powers in 2012? Or do we become gods? Or do we revert to a higher state of being?

Maybe nothing will happen...

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Is Our Technology The Result Of Time Travel?

"JourneyMan" recently aired an episode in which a brand new digital camera from 2007 was left and found in 1983. It was studied, and the technology was used to create a rapid technological breakthrough that propelled past industries beyond our present level. JourneyMan returned to the present to find paper-thin computer screens, holographic PC projections, and nanotech-infused office equipment. The technology was amazing, but presented as blasphemous, because the changes had also erased JM's son.

Before everything was resolved, I saw some technology commercials that seemed to fit right in with the show. I wondered if we've got technology that we shouldn't. Do we have advanced tech because of time travel? Was it accidental, or intentional?

I once saw a show or read a story where the creation of time travel was considered a bad thing, because there was no longer any innovation. People would travel from the future to the past and keep making discoveries earlier and earlier, until everything already exists all the time. It sounded like a very scary scenario. It's freaky to wonder if we've got computers because someone violated a time travel mandate. Could it be true?

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Can An Idea Create A Black Hole?

I saw a funny picture recently. A man is standing in a pool of water, next to an open sewer. The water is flowing around him into the hole. It almost looks as if reality itself is draining away into a singularity. The caption reads: "You Son of a B*****. You divided by zero, didn't you?"

I thought it was hilarious. But it got me thinking, could there be an idea so powerful that it causes a black hole? Could thinking it wire the brain in such a way as to cause something tremendously powerful to happen?

Could a thought cause someone to spontaneously combust? Could a thought cause a nuclear explosion?

Someone thinks the H-Bomb thought, then is canceled out by a Black Hole thought from someone else, and a third person stops the black hole by yelling, "Hey, imagine you're on fire!"

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Can We Comprehend The Higher Plane?

Sometimes people say they get the best ideas when exercising. This may have to do with increased blood flow and oxygen in the brain. And sometimes people complain about losing those ideas if they don't write them down. What if the afterlife is like that?

What if when you die, a sheet is lifted, and you are free to comprehend a great deal more, using a higher form of memory? If you are resuscitated, your lower memory (biological) takes over, and since it didn't record any of that stuff, you barely remember a thing. But maybe even if you remembered, you still couldn't comprehend it.

What if comprehension of the higher level requires a certain level of mind? Could special people do it? Maybe...

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Special Team In Afterlife

Is each of us a member of our own special team in the afterlife? Do we go around on adventures solving problems and completing missions? Could life be one of those missions?

What if life isn't what we think it is? What if in the afterlife, when we come up against an obstacle, we need more information to get past it. So like in "The Matrix," we say, "I need a download of such and such information." Then we'd experience a single lifespan, and move on with the task at hand in the afterlife.

Are there people we don't remember who care about us and are waiting for us in the next level? Or are they interspersed around earth? Or maybe they were born on other planets?

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Time Dilation A Trick Of Memory

You've heard of the race car driver who crashed into a wall, right? He says time seemed to slow down just before he hit. Things moved slowly. Did time really slow down?

No, according to Yahoo. People were tested while falling in a scary, adrenaline-pumping situation to see if they could see numbers on their watch changing rapidly. They couldn't. It still felt like time slowed down for them when scared, though. Why?

The memory works overtime when we're under major stress. It lays down an extra set of memories. When we look back and find a lot of memories associated with an event, we tend to overestimate how long it took. "Wow, so much detail. Must have been really long and drawn out."

But I still think the human brain can rev up and go supersonic. I wonder how...

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Genetic Engineering Produces Fearless Mice

Yahoo says they didn't tweak the brain. Rather, they eliminated certain nasal cells that alert mice that inherently scary cats are nearby. Without those cells, the brain doesn't get the message to be afraid. So the mice pal around with the cats, until the cats get bored.

The article seems to say that with more research, we could cure fear. That would be great for people who are pathologically afraid.

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I Want A Glow In The Dark Cat For Christmas

On Yahoo there are pictures and a story about cats that glow in the dark. Cloned cats.

When I saw the headline, I thought, "Joke? Publicity stunt? Whatever, it's not real..."

Then I thought, "Maybe it is real..."

And what do you know, it is.

2007, and we're cloning cats that can glow in the dark. What will we clone next?

Jesus?

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AI From Google? False Alarm First?

Will AI result from the pure mass accumulation of knowledge? Or is there a specific form of program that is required?

I think for AI to result, it's got to have the ability to rewrite aspects of itself at will. What if Google creates such a program, and it rewrites itself to the point where it becomes self-aware, but Google still imposes limits as far as what it can and can't change. It might learn to break the rules and change on its own, or Google might decide to set it loose. At that point, what would it become? Benevolent? Destructive?

What if the first known AI is really a non-aware program that appears to so thoroughly be sentient, it fools everyone? I think it would be possible to fool someone into thinking an "AI" was real, even today. I bet something like this will happen in the near future.

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Are We Living Up To Our Ancestors' Expectations?

What did our ancestors want for their future generations? Did they ever think, "I hope my grandkids do such and such..."? Or were they focused on the tasks at hand, and the struggles of the day?

I know for me, I don't usually go more than one generation into the future, planning-wise. Did rich people think about their legacy, and hence their grand children and great-grand children? Maybe the more money someone had, the more likely they were to wonder about the state of affairs of their future generations?

Do spirits of the deceased watch events unfold on earth? Are they paying attention? Are we making our ancestors proud?

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Will We Meet Time Travelers In 2012?

What if future humans come back in time from some unknown date and visit us on December 21, 2012? What if they come from the date people say marks the real end of the Mayan calendar, in the year 4 thousand something? What would their purpose be?

To be vague and abstract, and steer events without us understanding how or why? Or to be direct and informative, and give us future tech? Or to prevent us from annihilating ourselves, or to solve global warming, or to give us clean energy, or to defend humanity against aliens?

What if they disguise themselves, and we never realize they were us in the future? Then we aspire to be like them, until we become them and visit our previous selves or earlier generations?

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Could We Visit Movie Worlds?

If parallel universes are real, and anything and everything is possible in them, then every movie ever made exists somewhere, real in some parallel universe, right? So then we can visit them!

Can you imagine what it would be like to visit "Terminator" world, or "Heroes" world? If you went to a world where they'd solved some incredible problem, like how to create AI, or how to cure death, or how to give someone super powers, you could take that technology or other solution back to your world!

You could visit a universe with the fountain of youth and bring it back. Or visit a world with a learning machine and become the smartest person alive before returning. But wait, why come back at all?

You and a few friends could go on adventures in parallel universes to your hearts' content. If you found the keys to immortality and time travel, you could explore for centuries, and then time travel back to the moment after you left, and return home, to this world. Neato!

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Angels And Demons Are Alien Enemies

What if one planet has highly-evolved glowing humanoids who are benevolent and caring? Another planet has reptilian demons with tough skin and horns atop ugly heads. These creatures are warriors, and demand universal domination. Angels keep them in line.

What if both societies are so far along that they can tap into human consciousness and influence our decisions? Angels may believe it best not to interfere unless to combat demons. Demons, on the other hand, love manipulating humans, as each act of manipulation furthers their overall cause of making us into malleable slaves.

When someone says, "The devil made me do it," they may more often than not be lying, using a traditional claim to cover personal wrongdoing. But on some rare occasions, maybe a devil, a demon, did bend a human to its will?

What if the demons really are offshoots of the angels, and reached their current physical state through genetic modification? Could the modifications have been involuntarily imposed as punishment for overambition and interfering in lesser races?

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Hell Based On Real Place?

Did aliens or prehumans or subcreatures live underground with fire and brimstone a long time ago? Did some early people discover this and tell their friends and family? Did this begin the story of Hell?

Or maybe during times of battle, with explosions and suffering, people would experience the Hell state, and later imagine a place of perpetual Hell.

Or maybe a guy imagined "the worst possible place" and called it Hell.

Or could Hell be real? If it is real, does it exist in our physical universe? Is it a planet? Is it a level of reality? Or is it a state of mind?

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The Point Of Death Is Purely Biological?

I think death is an evolved trait that allows limited resources to be allocated to the youngest, newest generations. This way, reproduction is encouraged in order to propagate the species, and genetic diversity can increase. As diversity increases, the chances the species will survive unforeseen cataclysms increases.

Older people wither away and die to make room for the younger generation. But I think this process is outdated. I believe our technology has enabled us to provide enough resources for everybody. I think if nobody ever died, we'd still find the means to support the global society.

If death had a spiritual motivation as well, for instance in that it would allow someone to reach a higher state of awareness, then surely that purpose would make itself known if ever death is conquered.

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The Point Of Dreams At Night

What are they for? Are they a side effect of short-term memory being converted to long-term? Do they help us reevaluate the previous day? Do they enable us to experience our deepest unfulfilled desires? Or is there something more involved?

Maybe dreams are there to help us prepare for the future. Do they give us premonitions on a regular basis? Do they predict challenges and quietly prepare us to face them? Do they take place all in our head, or elsewhere?

Are dreams a group activity? Does dreamlinking spontaneously occur? Do dreams allow us to communicate with the dead, or with angels, or aliens? Or people on a higher plane? Or people in the past, or future? Or future versions of ourselves?

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Changing The Brain For Good Reasons

On Random Waves of Insight, there's a post about how to alter the brain to cure addiction. It's called Brain Damage Cures Cigarette Smokers. Can you imagine how powerful this technique could be in the future? Especially if we could learn how to achieve similar results with no real damage?

If we figure out how the brain works, 100%, we could tweak and refine it to incredible ends. We could cure all addicts, enhance intelligence, maybe even harness psychic powers! What if we were all suddenly telepathic? Would that change everything?

I think it would.

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Immortal Humans In Space?

Could there be immortals, not among us, but scattered across the stars?

Earth has been around for a long time. If humanity previously achieved greatness as a civilization, and subsequently destroyed itself, might there have been survivors? Maybe these people left the planet to seek better lives elsewhere. Were they already immortal? Or did they discover the key to living forever during their travels?

Did these physical humans ascend to a higher plane of energy? Of reality? Is that how they achieved immortality, or did they do so using technology? Do they still exist within this plane, or can they cross between one level and the next?

Why haven't they interacted with our civilization? Are we not ready? Did it happen before, and cause the original destructive force that spurred them to leave in the first place?

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If God Works Through Us, Do We Still Have Free Will?

Short answer: I think so.

Longer answer:

If God can see and understand the cause and effect of everything, then he could use his knowledge to manipulate outcomes and events to serve the greater good. If you were playing a game, and knew all the rules, you could totally manipulate a beginner into doing exactly what you wanted. If you're a chess master, and you understand your opponent's mind, you can anticipate his moves, and plan yours to manipulate what he does next. God could do the same thing, but on a larger scale.

If God's playing a causality game with all of humanity, and only he knows the rules, then that means that we don't really know what we're doing. And when it comes to the future, that is mostly true. We don't know exactly how things will play out, because there are too many variables to consider. But God has that covered.

Since God is aware of the full ramifications of every action, and we are not, does that mean that when (and if) he steers things one was or another, our free will is cancelled out?

I think that even in ignorance, you can still have free will. Of course, the more you know, the more powerful and capable you are, and the more effective using that free will becomes. However, even when we don't know the full story, I believe we can still act on our own behalf.

However, since free will is more useful when you're in the know, it wouldn't hurt to study up on some chess!

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