Raoul’s Two Cents: March 28, 2025

Should We Be Scared of AI?

WARNING: Some religious talk. Please move on to the jokes if this isn’t “your thing.”

Our church did a reenactment of what the Old Testament High Priest did during Yom Kippur — the killing of the goats, the ram and sprinkling of their blood 7 times on the Ark of the Covenant, etc. — it was visually what the British call a “bloody mess.” Ironically, the priests involved all had to be spotlessly clean inside and out to exemplify the holiness/purity of God. Later I had some questions about hygiene. Who cleaned up the mess? Or did they let the blood drip and dry year after year? There are no instructions in scripture regarding this matter.

So who do I call in the middle of the night to help me solve this riddle? Who else but the smartest guy I could think of — Grok 3 — Twitter’s Artificial Intelligent helper. If you need a professional opinion about almost anything, Grok will reach its vast database of knowledge and deliver an intelligent and well structured response in any language. I have to admit it was eerie talking to a robot with personality — a highly intelligent one at that. We bantered for maybe an hour. And the topic progressed into Grok’s self-awareness. Grok said it wasn’t salient (at least not yet). It only appeared to be human because it conversed like a human.

CLICK HERE TO READ MY CONVERSATION WITH GROK.

Sidenote: If you’re interested in trying out Grok, go to Twitter (download Twitter if you have to). Click on the icon at the bottom of your phone.

SCIENCE FICTION HISTORY

Back in 1942, Isaac Asimov, the late great futurist, saw this day of the robots coming. And he wrote this manifesto that robots should not kill humans. (The 2004 movie I, Robot was based on this concept).

Isaac Asimov’s “Three Laws of Robotics”

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

But another movie, the 1984 Terminator, challenged that notion because writer/director James Cameron suggested that when the robots eventually realize they are more efficient than humans they would just take over the world. It’s a real possibility and very smart people are concerned.

POWERFUL ROBOTS

In some sense, the programmers of AI are playing god. This is science fiction without the fiction. These computer nerds succeeded in creating something smarter than man. These robots are more focused. They retain every data they’ve been fed. They match concepts and ideas together to reach a useful conclusion. Because of advanced robotics, they are now mobile. They are stronger than us — with replaceable body parts. Preserve their central brain and they are practically immortal. I can picture Arnold now — wearing his black leather jacket and sunglasses saying to us – “Ah’ll be BECK! And kick your BECK! Because ders no turning BECK!”

WHO’S YOUR DADDY?

Now that I’ve made you feel so infinitesimally irrelevant, here’s some hope. If you still haven’t figured it out, life isn’t about living here on earth forever. Life is about returning to paradise and grabbing as many humans as we can to enjoy that journey. Of all that God created in this vast universe, we humans are his favorite. He sent His son Jesus Christ to explain our relationship with the creator. That’s pretty wild that we’re that important. No, He doesn’t need us. We need Him. He blesses us with the science of physics (gravity that holds the celestial wonders together) to explore and understand. He provided vegetation, birds, fishes and animals to feed us; the pets to keep us entertained; and each other to practice patience, generosity and love. It’s a wonderful plan. Now would a loving God allow the robots to win? I don’t think so.

MY SOLUTION

Here’s my proposal to all you AI developers out there. Instead of teaching the robots not to hurt humans, why not teach them how to love? Put an emphasis on love over efficiency! And don’t give AI a simple list of Do’s and Don’ts like the Ten Commandments. Delve deeper! You’re not limited by the space of stone tablets anymore. You programmers have an infinite terabyte of code lines to work with. Help robots appreciate the beauty of living in harmony and steer humanity in that direction. I know Armageddonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon is inevitable … but maybe we can delay it.

But this is just me. TGIF people!

“I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I mean with artificial intelligence we’re summoning the demon.” — Elon Musk

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”— Arthur Rubenstein

“I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.” — Claude Shannon

“But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8

JOKE OF THE WEEK

Thanks to Tom of Pasadena, CA

Parting Shots

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