GAB CEO Andrew Torba seeking to develop a Christian AI

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Jerusalem Blade

Puritan Board Professor
GAB CEO Andrew Torba is seeking to develop a strictly Christian AI to counter the Woke-influenced and programmed current versions.

On the GAB.com blog, GAB CEO Andrew Torba, in an article on AI, highlights a work by Machiavelli Memez which shows an AI-created supposed newscast of Joe Biden severely reproving the trans movement. It is well done, though one commenter wisely said it was produced by commercial-grade AI and was not to be compared with military-grade versions – even though the “newscast” was very well done.

To see this, scroll down till you see the Machiavelli Memez link to view it.

Two issues present themselves to me: first, when such AI-produced false renditions of reality and real people are so realistic one cannot tell them apart, this will cause difficulty navigating the true from the false in all our electronic and digital media. And such will be adopted by the culture, academia, libraries, the media, etc. This could well support and promote the "strong delusion" and "lying wonders" spoken of in 2 Thess 2:9,10,11.

Second, regarding Andrew Torba and GAB, with his Christian Nationalism and agenda for creating a parallel Christian economy, social media, AI development (see article), etc – this is such a huge undertaking he envisions, and it surely seems to me to have a postmil foundation, though I have not seen that explicitly declared. Perhaps someone more familiar with this could better inform me.

Even though I am not postmil, I do have to respect what little I know of him and his heart. This is such a profound undertaking in its scope that it is eschatological.
 
With Torba, it's possible his heart in this the right place, but he is theologically a big wild card. He seems to be all over the place when it comes to beliefs, just do a sampling of his posts on gab. So, even if there was going to be a Christian AI, he likely isn't the best person to be heading up that project.
 
It may very well come to a point where there has to be a "non-AI" entity, like the FDA, who can verify that what we are digesting; whether that be literature, movies, and all forms of media are not influenced by it. At least in the Christian realm; otherwise, we may have a future of AI infiltrated literature. On some of the Puritan groups I am in, people are already posting blocks of Puritan texts "summarized, cleaned up, and modernized" by ChatGPT. I would seek to either have a stamp of approval that a text has not been created using AI, or, I will stick to literature created pre-2023 (the year the machines took over.) Thank you for bringing this to my attention as well, as I will put a disclaimer on the Puritan Search website that none of the text have been altered or corrected by AI.

It is scary to think that future generations may depend on it to write their sermons, do their research, create their works, so in a sense it sits on the throne of God, replacing the Spirit in our lives, and claiming to be God. Think about it, with its ingenuity, it may very well be able to, one day, consume all known works of philosophy and religion; and possibly create the "perfect" religion to usher in "world peace." It may be able to analyze data, come up with cures, economic planning, financial allocation, etc. and do "signs and wonders." Even fooling the elect if it were possible. It is really terrifying when you thank about it; and this is not counting the advances in virtual reality, DNA memory systems, and though now far-fetched, a possible "eternal consciousness" being uploaded rather than inherited by grace.

This is the disclaimer I put on our site:

*** No part of the texts contained where altered in any way by AI (Artificial Intelligence,) nor where any such measures used in any part of the text corrective process. The corrections were done manually, by producing a specific programming script and list of alternate words, then ran through the entire corpus to make the corrections. The only alterations to the text were to correct spelling; no other changes were made.
 
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correct spelling, David: where to were (in the disclaimer)
Great catch. Thank you, changing now.

*** No part of the texts contained were altered in any way by AI (Artificial Intelligence,) nor were any such measures used in any part of the text corrective process. The corrections were done manually, by producing a specific programming script and list of alternate words, then ran through the entire corpus to make the corrections. The only alterations to the text were to correct spelling; no other changes were made.
 
Mike, the problem is not only with written material, but with purported interviews of politicians, the police, anyone on video or audio recordings. Anything that can be broadcast as news – or any genre whatever (movies altered, etc) – can be falsified and be very hard to detect the falsification. If you didn't check out the OP's article on AI, which highlights a work by Machiavelli Memez showing an AI-created supposed newscast of Joe Biden, do, and you'll see what I mean.
 
Mike, the problem is not only with written material, but with purported interviews of politicians, the police, anyone on video or audio recordings. Anything that can be broadcast as news – or any genre whatever (movies altered, etc) – can be falsified and be very hard to detect the falsification. If you didn't check out the OP's article on AI, which highlights a work by Machiavelli Memez showing an AI-created supposed newscast of Joe Biden, do, and you'll see what I mean.
I understand what you mean. Personally, I don't watch much news at all, but I can see where people can be fed false information by a source they would normally trust.

It could definitely cause political/practical trouble, (successfully impersonating law enforcement could be devastating), but what specific danger does it pose to the church as far as truth is concerned?

Our standard for the truth is the Scripture, not what any organization or individual has to say.
 
Mike, the problem is not only with written material, but with purported interviews of politicians, the police, anyone on video or audio recordings. Anything that can be broadcast as news – or any genre whatever (movies altered, etc) – can be falsified and be very hard to detect the falsification. If you didn't check out the OP's article on AI, which highlights a work by Machiavelli Memez showing an AI-created supposed newscast of Joe Biden, do, and you'll see what I mean.
The ultimate in fake news.
 
Mike you said,
Our standard for the truth is the Scripture, not what any organization or individual has to say.
True, but when the entire world is informed by the amazing new AI – including Bibles, commentaries, textual criticism, histories, theology, etc – we will be in a world of constant misinformation. Eventually AI will be programmed against the Faith of Christ, and against His people. It's a part of the coming "strong delusion" (2 Thess 2:9,10,11,12).

This is why GAB CEO Andrew Torba's endeavor and vision is attractive to many. A way to resist the coming darkness. So he thinks.
 
including Bibles, commentaries, textual criticism, histories, theology, etc

That's why we gotta keep them books in these areas.

I've actually had a recent project going on to try to encrypt multiple copies of the Bible digitally. The primary reason for this was in case the Bible is eventually criminalized, but it may also come in handy in the event of a massive disinformation campaign.

Get yourself an open source OS,(no windows or Mac), store your stuff on flash media or SSD, and keep your machine offline when doing the mission critical stuff.


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Why can I no longer find this video...
 
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That's why we gotta keep them books in these areas.

I've actually had a recent project going on to try to encrypt multiple copies of the Bible digitally. The primary reason for this was in case the Bible is eventually criminalized, but it may also come in handy in the event of a massive disinformation campaign.

Get yourself an open source OS,(no windows or Mac), store your stuff on flash media or SSD, and keep your machine offline when doing the mission critical stuff.


@Jerusalem Blade

Why can I no longer find this video...
True, but on the flip side, when we talk about a "mind" with seemingly endless computing power; we are talking about a program that can use the Bible to its handlers advantage. Think of how Chat already creates scripts; now think of evil intent where the script is "develop a script for world dominion using the Bible as the basis for mass compliance." I.e. create a self-fulfilling prophecy. This AI will not only have access to every theological work in digital form, but every research study on human behavior. Remember, even the A.I. can recognize Christianity flourishes in almost every place it is persecuted; the smarter move would not seem to outlaw its beliefs, but make its believers believe they are obeying the Bible by following falsehood.
 
…the smarter move would not seem to outlaw its beliefs, but make its believers believe they are obeying the Bible by following falsehood.
And the government doesn’t even need to expend any effort on this. The Gospel Coalition and its Big Eva elites do it quite well already.
 
But our grandchildren? ...If the age lasts that long.
That reminds me of the Andy Stanley video I saw the other day, and I quote him as saying "and this generation already understands it, it is us older ones that are having a tough time with it and thats why when we stay stuff they dont listen." It was his rant about LGBTQ acceptance in the church. Every one of the people in his mega church, and his 5 extension campuses will teach their children this; then multiply it by the 100's of other "pastors" just like him.
 
This is my opinion on AI for what it's worth. I studied machine learning and computer vision for my masters degree and my take on AI is it's just a tool - it is a calculator that so far is way behind our God-designed human brains. If you give it garbage input it produces garbage output just like our brains actually. For chatgpt in particular, some people are calling it a b.s. generator because it says many things that sound true but are completely false because it is a language model so it fakes being sentient and accurate. It is easy to tell if it is spouting nonsense if you cross examine it for a bit but if you just take it at face value and trust it too much it will backfire severely. Perhaps the bigger danger than AI itself is people's tendency to be duped by it. The decline of critical thinking in our culture makes people more susceptible to this because many people don't have enough "life experience" (time away from their phones and video games) to serve as a baseline to determine truth. The value of truth itself has been degraded (post-modernism) with the consequences obvious (I won't mention all the problems with our culture here) . The best defense for us is to be Bereans -- critical thinkers who know and trust the Bible so we can determine truth from falsehood and also just be critical thinkers in-general.
 
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