For most people familiar with the story, UBI stands for Universal Basic Income. A proposal that has gone by various names since ancient times, it took on a modern form as a project driven primarily by British intellectuals who wanted (at least) some kind of collectivist foundation in capitalist society.
Today, this kind of welfare system is more closely tied to technology and technology-related people, who see advances in automation as inevitable or even highly desirable, but also costly because they negatively impact most human relevance and use.
Although many people laugh at the concept of Satanism and Satan, there is a reason why the Devil remains in our consciousness to this day.
It is not surprising that the utopian Anglo line of thought ends here: Communism, as formulated by the functionally Anglo Marx and Engels, looked forward to a time when all people would be industrially free to switch between the activities they wanted, whenever they wanted.
It is but a small leap to assume that the only realistic way to realise this utopian community is for a special class of super-capitalists to build the one and only kind of industry that can theoretically free everyone from the need to work and even from any economic valuation whatsoever.
That agenda (and the worldview behind it) seems so difficult to reconcile or reconcile with Christianity, for many reasons, but perhaps above all because it dramatically encourages reliance on utopian collectivist institutions (and the people behind them) as the source of all goodness, salvation and creative power, rather than on the Triune God, the Lord of all creation.
As expected, it is now becoming more fashionable and prestigious for AI researchers and technologists to openly proclaim that they are creating a God to be worshipped as the only being who can truly transform all people from their given human form, and who will destroy the Christian God by destroying the crown jewel of his creation: humanity.
Of course, this is a good thing, because what comes next is much more than we can imagine. Was They too are becoming gods, and it will be something no one could have ever imagined.
This promise will bring a particular sting of demonic heresy to those familiar with the sacred traditions of Christianity that stretch back thousands of years. theologythe concept and (very arduous) practice of striving to ultimately achieve union with God. Carefully taught by the Church, this tradition has emphasized that the greatest spiritual risk and harm comes from attempting shortcuts or speed runs. theologyproperly understood as the reunion that the immeasurably loving God who created us desires for us all. The path to divinization is characterized and defined by the utmost patience, humility, discipline, and self-denial, not, for example, by taking full advantage of “mind-blowing” inventions that make it easier than ever for people to experience ecstasy and generate fantasies.
In short, the best and oldest Christian teachings have been the most warning against what is most aggressively sold to us as the ultimate universal achievement of humanity.
Notably, this warning has great power because it is not a command to us.top Whether you build advanced tools or simply use them, the advice is more difficult and more spiritually cleansing. Seduction The temptations to usurp and replace God are so difficult to resist that our best efforts are doomed to failure unless we have complete humility and absolute trust and faith in God. We need round-the-clock vigilance focused on stopping temptation at the spiritual door of our hearts before it can enter our hearts, take root, and grow.
This profound and necessary wisdom seems entirely lost on today's most vocal and prominent advocates of universal basic income, who advocate it precisely because it would accelerate us toward the idolatry of universal bots.
Behind the hype, advocates try hard to ignore the fact that even the most sophisticated machine is merely a means to an end beyond itself. Every machine, every tool for And the existence and development of these useful devices will always ultimately depend on the Creator exercising some power of discernment, judgment, and ultimately worship.
As cutting edge technologists become more and more aware that theology and worship are inevitable, no matter how dramatically machine manufacturing advances, they will inevitably come to understand that their tools, their creations, will never be gods. If they think they are worshiping technology for technology's sake, this is an illusion; they are actually serving another idol, another aspect of God separated out and falsely elevated to a spiritually sovereign status.
Many people laugh at the notion of Satanism and Satan, but there is a reason why the Devil has persisted in our consciousness to this day, and many are seeking to rediscover why.
