Thursday, October 1, 2026

Presto Chango

 "But you...Daniel...shut up the words and seal the book...until the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro...and knowledge shall increase." Daniel 12:4 ESV

              We have all read this verse....countless times depending on how old you are and how many years you have been reading the Bible as a believer. There wasn't really any need for scholarly interpretation on this because it seems pretty cut and dried.....people....will just become more knowledgeable with everything as the centuries and millennia go by....and the explosion of scientific knowledge since the beginning of the twentieth century seemed to fit nicely into the prophetic scheme of things.
              Indeed that may be the meaning....but AI might possibly add a new dimension to the study of the biblical text.
              Artificial Intelligence as a news item is bad news for Trump....even though he now knows that he needs AI for his own personal glory in the future. So....conveniently....he officially changed the name from artificial intelligence....AI....to super intelligence....SI. All government agencies are now ordered to use the new nomenclature.
               He didn't invent the term....for it seems to be the chosen description by some to describe intelligence even beyond artificial general intelligence and all human intelligence....in all areas.....but with Trump it serves a secondary....or primary....whichever viewpoint you might have....purpose....for everyone it seems is bringing up AI in existential terms....and now....presto-chango....he changed the name....in essence buying him a little time.
                It is interesting though....that the definition of super intelligence....is intelligence beyond that of humans? Thus....many of these big tech billionaires are right now running to and fro....and....'knowledge'....may indeed be on the cusp of....increasing?