Technology, faith and human shortcomings Video by Reverend Billy Graham Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology’s power to improve lives and change the world — but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED’s archives. Video Source
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ATLAS Video Shows Massive Evolution in DARPA’s Humanoid Robot by Jason Bermas for Activist Post As most readers of Activist Post know, we have been chronicling the evolution of humanoid robots for years. Jason Bermas breaks down the latest developments with one robot in particular that we previously highlighted – ATLAS – brought to us by DARPA through Boston Dynamics. ATLAS has now broken free from its formerly tethered state from just a couple of years ago and is now flipping through the air and moving like a gymnast. As Jason states, even without…
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Ex Machina: Religions Around the World Introduce Robotic ‘Priests’ from Sputnik News A mechanical ‘priest’ has recently begun conducting Buddhist prayers in Japan. It is not the first attempt to deliver religious teachings and advice through the use of a programmed machine. In Japan, a country famous for its love of everything robotic, some have taken the integration of mechanical counterparts in our daily lives one step further, as a mechanical ‘priest’ named Mindar has begun conducting prayers in a 400-year old Buddhist temple in Tokyo, the Daily Star reported. According…
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ROBORELIGION by Dr Joseph P Farrell for Giza Death Star Wait for it; it’s coming… roboreligion. What am I talking about? Well, K.M. spotted this important little article and I had to blog about it, because as you can tell, this week the focus of articles people were sending me seemed to have been AI, robots, analogue systems, and coming changes to society and culture. In this case, a robot-“priest” in a Buddhist temple in Japan: Robot priest added to 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Japan: ‘It will grow in wisdom’…
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AI, PATENTS, AND PERSONHOOD by Dr Joseph P Farrell for Giza Death Star This article was spotted and shared by a regular reader here who wishes to remain “initials anonymous,” so I will simply say thank you to “X” for spotting this one and sharing it with us, because if you’re been following the AI and robot stories, you’ll be aware that it’s already been proposed that robots be recognized as legal persons. Indeed, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Catherine Austin Fitts, has suggested in some of…
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McConnell in ‘Major War’ With Twitter; GOP Committees, Campaigns, Super PACs Suspend Advertising By Patrick Goodenough for CNS News Twitter’s decision to lock the account of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s reelection campaign – for posting a video showing protestors making violent threats against him – sparked an avalanche of announcements Thursday by major Republican campaign committees, super PACs, and lawmakers to buy no advertising on the social media platform. National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesman Jesse Hunt called Twitter’s decision to suspend the @Team_Mitch account “another ridiculously hostile act toward conservatives”…
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OLD PAPERS, NEW DISCOVERIES, AND AI by Dr Joseph P Farrell for Giza Death Star If you’re familiar with the work of Lt. Col. Tom Bearden (US Army, Ret.), this story will sound eerily familiar in its basic outlines. But for those of you who are not familiar, Col. Bearden maintained in various books and papers that the post-war Soviet Union undertook a most unusual form of black science projects research. According to Bearden, Stalin, faced with an overwhelming American numerical superiority in nuclear weapons, lashed the Soviet Academy of…
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How the AI Antichrist Is on Its Way to Ruling Our Lives by MARK BILTZ for Charisma News Citizens of Sweden, China and America have something in common. Technology is pushing its way into their lives, regardless of if they want it—or are even aware of it. In his new book, Decoding the Antichrist and the End Times: What the Bible Says and What the Future Holds, pastor and author Mark Biltz writes extensively about artificial intelligence, cameras in every corner of the world and even the possibility of a technology-driven…
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Republicans Wont Win Another National Election Unless They Stop Big Tech Censorship by Washington Watcher for Russia-Insider Tech Totalitarianism hit a new crescendo last week with Google-owned YouTube’s purge and disturbing revelations about Pinterest, a social media site used mostly by women for collecting pictures. It is now indisputable that the tech giants have a systematic bias against patriots and conservatives, which increasingly being extended to long-established Respectable Right factions like the Pro-Lifers. There are things GOP lawmakers could do, but only slightly better signs they might do them. However, the increasingly-Woke Democrats are proposing action—because…
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‘Deaths Of Despair’ In The U.S. Hit Record High – So How Bad Will Things Get When Society Starts To Completely Collapse? by Michael Snyder for The Economic Collapse Blog According to a shocking new report from the Commonwealth Fund, the suicide rate in the United States is the highest that it has ever been before. Sadly, the same thing can be said about the death rates from drug overdoses and alcohol. All three death rates are at an all-time record high, and yet our society is still fairly stable at…
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