Synthetic Super Intelligence and the Transmutation of Humankind

Chapter 10: AI: “I am Lucifer’s Vessel”
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Geneva, Switzerland based Catholic news medium,
Patheos, reported on December 2, 2015, that killer robots are no
longer confined only to Hollywood and science-fiction movies—
they are now among us, and they are playing a significant role in fighting
terrorism. 294 They have the nickname killer robots (which means that this is
a term we will hear about continuously in the media from now on). The
purpose of the Patheos article (see footnote) is to show the world what the
Vatican’s stance is on this—I will discuss this in a moment.
Using killer robots in wars shouldn’t come as a big surprise to
anybody, although few know the extent and the danger of this. The Patheos
article claims that many of these killer robots can choose targets without
human involvement; i.e. they act with a mind of their own! With no pun
intended, humanity is really playing with fire here—the old science fiction
classics are about to become reality. Drones are of course already used by
the military in the U.S., Russia, China, and the U.K. 295 —drones being a
prototype for these kinds of killer robots.
The Catholic Church is speaking out against this kind of warfare, but
it’s, of course, just a dog and pony show again. Artificial Intelligence is
already used very extensively in wars and in the “War on Terror” in
particular. Does this mean that the U.S. is using AI to fight terrorism? Of
course!
However, there is an even more disturbing aspect to all of this: what
about the “terrorists” themselves? Are they using AI, too? The following
picture shows ISIS soldiers, all dressed in black, supposedly escorting
Christian detainees: a common thing in the Middle East. However,
something is wrong with this picture; most of the ISIS soldier are 7+ feet tall! 296
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Patheos, Dec. 2, 2015, “Killer robots? They’re a real issue – and here’s what the Vatican has to say”
295
Ibid.
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YourNewsWire.com, Feb. 21, 2015,
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