A military veteran and ministry leader is sounding an urgent alarm, positing that the artificial intelligence systems we increasingly rely on could fulfill biblical prophecy as a powerful instrument for the “great deception.”\u00a0<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
By Michael Foust<\/p>\n\n\n\n A military veteran and ministry leader is warning that the artificial intelligence systems millions of people use each day to answer questions and make decisions could one day become a powerful tool for the \u201cgreat deception\u201d Jesus<\/a> warned about in Matthew 24<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ben Peterson previously served in Iraq as a chaplain\u2019s assistant and went on to launch “Engage Your Destiny,” a national ministry combating military suicide with faith. His latest mission, though, is against artificial intelligence \u2013 and the hidden and sometimes not-so-hidden dangers it poses to young people, military personnel and the general population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peterson says he’s not anti-AI, but he also believes it\u2019s not benign. He’s the author of the forthcoming book “When Intelligence Isn’t Human: Navigating Your Faith in the Age of AI” (Forefront Books, Aug. 25), and the host of “The Ben Peterson Show.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The author and veteran says one danger of artificial intelligence is its potential to replace human friends and to serve as a source of companionship, counsel and even spiritual advice. He pointed to a Barna survey that found 39 percent of Gen Zers say spiritual advice from AI is as trustworthy as advice from a pastor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese AI chatbots have become so emotionally intelligent \u2013 they speak to you, they lift you up, they praise you,\u201d Peterson told Crosswalk Headlines. \u201cAnd they have an ability \u2013 because they have no selfish ambition like humans have, where we get distracted or we focus on other things \u2013 to be just solely devoted through the algorithms to you as a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd young people have been conditioned through technology to be texting, to be snapping, to be doing all of these experiences via tech, and to get emotional connection regulation on technology,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd so now that that technology is talking back to them, it’s making them feel known, it’s making them feel like they belong, while still they’re in the dopamine loop, and they’re not getting any real satisfaction \u2013 but they’re getting entertainment and excitement. So, mental health is declining, and engagement is only increasing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n AI is so persuasive and lifelike, he said, that it can blur the line between human and machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI believe that we’re entering into the time of Matthew 24<\/a> where AI is the tool of the great deception,\u201d he said of Jesus<\/a>\u2019 warning about widespread deception in the Last Days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Peterson cited the Old Testament story of the Tower of Babel and God’s desire to keep humanity from uniting in rebellion against Him under one language. Artificial intelligence, he said, is the \u201crecreation of the Tower of Babel, where nothing is impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd then when that \u2018nothing is impossible\u2019 is being created by men who don’t follow Christ and are the enemies of Christ, it is only going to draw people into mass deception,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Peterson described AI as a counterfeit relationship in which \u201cthere is no soul, there’s no spirit, there is nothing on the other side that is going to be able to nurture and create a real deep connection\u201d \u2013 and yet people are spending more time interacting with it each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted that AI videos regularly trick people and spread misinformation with remarkable realism \u2013 and it\u2019s only going to get worse as people seek to replace friendships, pastors<\/a> and even God with artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is the hour for the church to wake up and to realize that there’s never been this powerful of a technology, originated by such evil people, that’s impacting every single human,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is the tool that is going to be used for the great deception in Matthew 24<\/a> and how people are going to be mass-deceived based on what can be created.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Partly true, but people have been deceived for decades by the press, media, and false prophets, an unceasing stream of propaganda and misinformation. 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