But the goal of human life is not perfection as defined by man, but as defined by our Creator—God. We need to study how He defines perfection. Words of God are words of truth. Adherence to truth is what “perfects” a person. So, when a human being aligns with God’s words of truth, he/she is the most perfect, and powerful, force on earth.
Some are excited to see a programmed computer “learn” on its own, coming to calculations and conclusions that appear to be beyond human ability, thinking that truth will be discovered through advanced “unhuman” knowledge. When artificial intelligence is used as a source of truth, or as a standard upon which to base truth, and is blindly followed without God-governed oversight, it becomes dangerous, as well as idolatrous.
One might argue that human based fact-checking is biased, and AI based fact-checking is unbiased and therefore correct. There is no such thing as unbiased “fact-checking.” The question is not whether one is unbiased, (as if that somehow makes them correct), but in whose “bias” they are basing their “facts” on. Who decides what is correct? Does an abundance of knowledge make one intelligent, correct, superior, or even divine? Human life and reality isn’t about knowledge, but truth.
2 Timothy 3:1-2, 7:Truth is not a stand-alone concept. Truth doesn’t come through an accumulation of facts or random knowledge. Truth comes from knowing the One who is. Truth is one with God. God is truth. You cannot separate truth from God. The one who created everything is the one who gets to say what is right or wrong. Any “fact-checking” that is not judged by God’s standards will not be a correct, truthful, conclusion. And for that matter, it is not intelligence either.
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be. . . always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Human beings who are filled with the Spirit of God, who are students of the Word of God, and have committed themselves to renewing their mind according to the Word of God, are those who are most capable of judging whether facts or knowledge are in fact truthful. This is where we are most apt to find truth—not in a computer just because it has a vast amount of stored, or quickly cross-referenced, knowledge.
Are humans imperfect? Yes. But we can only say so because we have a “perfect” standard to judge by. We have been given the one and only model of a perfect human being—Jesus Christ, the God-man. Why is He the perfect model? Because He lived, and died, in full submission to God. He lived in full submission to Truth. He never fell short, not once, and the power He displayed in and over the earth was evidence of that. He is the Word of God in human flesh.
Every other human being is “imperfect,” meaning we all fall short of Jesus’ perfect standard of righteousness with God. So, the answer is not to look to computer generated machines for answers and guidance in life, as one does a false god. The goal is not to merge humans with machines, thinking that will “perfect” us, taking away all our flaws (sin). The answer is to merge man with God. Merge man with their Creator, not something man created.
Habakkuk 2:18-20
“What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it,
Or an image, a teacher of falsehood?
For its maker trusts in his own handiwork
When he fashions speechless idols.
“Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, ‘Awake!’
To a mute stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.
“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before Him.”
The breath of God—His Spirit—is where life and truth are found. The holy God is the one we are to worship, not something we’ve fashioned ourselves and called “smarter” than us.
The problem is that man’s spirit, which is tainted with “imperfection” (sin), cannot receive the Spirit of God. His holy, perfect, Spirit cannot merge with imperfect, sinful, man without destroying man, just as light eradicates darkness.
So how does man merge with God? Only through faith in Jesus Christ. He who is both God and perfect man dealt with the “imperfection” (sin) in mankind. God set a price, that He Himself would pay, in order to ransom mankind from where his imperfection (sin) led him—which was into captivity, a place where his destiny can never be fulfilled.
The price was blood. Jesus paid the price with His own spotless blood. He bled perfect blood so those who believe in Him could receive a new spirit which is capable of housing the Spirit of God. The merging of man with God.
How can a human being achieve “perfection?” How can a human being reach the full potential that their Creator—God—intended for humanity to reach? The answer is for human beings to be born-again through faith in Jesus Christ, to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God, and to reprogram their thinking to align with God through the study of His Word and prayer. Full submission to Him, as the perfect human model showed us how to do, along with a pursuit of being conformed to His image.
When a person does this, they also receive the hope of one day receiving a new glorified body, to house their God-man merged spirit for eternity. Eternal life will never be found in the preservation of a human mind (or body) merged with machine, but of the human spirit merged with their Creator—God.
The enemy of humanity, Satan himself, does whatever he can to suppress this truth. Because when it comes to our dealings with him—or with anything that opposes God—we as humans, filled with God’s Spirit are to demonstrate His power. Again, a human being filled with the Spirit of God is the most powerful force on earth.
This is why the devil attacks humanity. We have the power to stop him, but not if we don’t know it. He is at war with the human race. He has studied human nature for thousands of years and has become skilled at luring people into his deceptive ideological traps. Replacing the one true God with false, powerless gods, is one way he keeps humans in captivity. Even today, idols abound which are simply ancient idols repackaged.
Why, you might ask, doesn’t God make everyone “perfect” and kind, loving, wealthy etc.? Because He loves us and wants us to discover why He and His truth are the only way to true life. He doesn’t want robots. He wants those who can, and will, think for themselves, to come to conclusions that align with His truth. He wants a people who understand the “why” of His ways, not blind adherence to them. These are those who will enjoy His ways. This requires us to learn, often through trial and error, that His way is the right way.
God is love. He works to bring life and healing to those who are enslaved or afflicted. He provided the way through the sacrifice of His Son, and He reveals this way through those who believe and teach His words. With His Spirit, His love, His truth, and His power in us, we aim to gently correct those who are in error. But the earth has an expiration date. There is an end of time coming. And for those who will not receive His words as truth, who won’t bow to Jesus, but oppose Him, actively work against Him, or who (knowingly or unknowingly) work to deceive others into doing the same, then demonstrations of the power of God will become necessary to silence and shut down that which arrogantly opposes Him. We do not know the way to eternal life, unless we know Him.
Human beings, filled with God’s Spirit, are more powerful than any AI generated device, have more wisdom, knowledge, understanding, discernment, truth, life, love, and reality within them. It’s not humans who are limited, it is AI. “Perfection” has limits. It must stay within certain boundaries and parameters. But the Word of God does not (Psalm 119:96). The truth of God, who created those parameters—laws of nature, physics, mathematics, and so on, can bend or break those things to express His love. He can do that with integrity because He is both truth and love. These are the miracles of God, that no idol can ever perform. And this is the beautiful miracle of our humanity.