AI and the Soul

    7 Then the  Lord  God formed a man  c  from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7) So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.  (Genesis 1:27) The word above for living being is "nephesh."  Literally "the man became a living nephesh." This is distinguished from rocks, trees, shrubs or simple molecules.   I just washed some of the key speeches at the AI Summit in France.  There was a debate about whether AI should be regulated (mainly continental European) in order to protect human control and human jobs- or whether we should de-regulate AI in the believe it will enhance human production and comfort- even multiplying (but changing) jobs.  Vice President Vance was pushing for deregulation pointing out that new technologies tend to create new and better jobs, and we do not n...

So what is AI?  Most of what I am writing below is from a great TED talk aby Mustafa Suleyman, 40 year old CEO of Microsoft AI.   Google it and you will find (probably generated by AI): " a field of study that uses technology to give computers the ability to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence."   I invite you to look or listen to the interesting TED talk by Mustafa Suleyman, "What is AI Anyway?"  https://www.ted.com/talks/mustafa_suleyman_what_is_an_ai_anyway Mustafa was asked by his six year old nephew, "What is an AI?"  He answered, "It is a clever piece of software that has read most of the texts on the open internet and it can talk to you about anything you want."  The boy asked, "Right, like a person then?"  The old answers, he said just didn't work- that it is not just a new technology like printing or steam engines; it will be a tool that will augment us  (we should enhance its upside and control its downs...

 For many, AI is the next Apple- or the best way to grow rich.   Bill Gates once said, "If you invent a breakthrough in artificial intelligence so machines can learn, that is worth 10 Microsofts."  It is true.   AI has the potential to make human beings more comfortable than ever.  Since we tend to almost worship our own comfort, we will give our offerings to what will make us more comfortable- AI.  Billions will pour into the company(ies) that will lead in this industry.   On another front, military experts point out that whoever gets to "singularity" first- that is when AI surpasses humans in strategy, thinking, and the ability for tactical planning, then all the other technologies become secondary.  How big your gun is, how fast or invisible your plane is, how powerful your ship is will not matter if you have a machine that can outsmart you every time.   A week ago billions were lost to Invidia stock because Deepseek (t...