Enough

I am of the opinion that one cannot begin to comprehend the risks of artificial intelligence without knowing oneself. We are embedded in a culture of “more” that teaches we should never be satisfied and we never see that “more” for what it is, an idol. The drive for the more, more wealth, more power and with that somehow a better life for oneself is the context in which decisions about artificial intelligence are being made. More is the zeitgeist of the norm of civilization, so much so that most of us are willing to accept it as desirable and our true calling. Christians, particularly American Christians, are raised so deep within the norm of civilization that they do not know or do not comprehend that Jesus preached an alternative to the norm of civilization, which he called the Kingdom of God. What is the zeitgeist of a civilization under the reign of God? Consider the story of how God provided for Israel while they wandered in the desert told in Exodus 16, particularly verse 4:…