1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: I was a bit lost walking through campus trying to 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,599 figure out where my dorm was at, when I caught 3 00:00:06,599 --> 00:00:10,640 a glimpse of a placard that announced a seminar. It's 4 00:00:10,679 --> 00:00:17,679 titled Theology and Technology. The divide intrigued me, and since 5 00:00:17,679 --> 00:00:19,719 I was all done with classes that day, I decided 6 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:22,120 to head into the conference hall and have a listen. 7 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,519 The speaker had a bit of a morbid view the 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:30,039 constant advances in technology were going to eventually push God 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,479 and religion out of the equation if we weren't careful. 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,240 He claimed that the two concepts would be reaching acrossroads 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,000 very soon, and mankind would have to decide which one 12 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:48,240 would be its eternal master. I thought it was a 13 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,079 silly notion to believe that computers could possibly operate like 14 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:58,240 an almighty entity, but he said that artificial intelligence was 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:03,439 already well on its way to being worshiped. They forgot 16 00:01:03,479 --> 00:01:06,159 to mention this. But I'm a software developer. I managed 17 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:08,560 to work on a few apps during my brief career, 18 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,000 and I came here to college to expand my skill set. 19 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:15,760 And now, after listening to this seminar, an idea was 20 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:20,920 beginning to form in my head. Artificial intelligence designed to 21 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:27,239 help religious groups draw closer to their creator. It occurred 22 00:01:27,239 --> 00:01:29,719 to me that if I could simulate a chat bot 23 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,959 that responded to people from their prayers and confessions, it 24 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,439 had the potential to prove that technology could actually meld 25 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,599 with theological understanding. I pitched the idea of my colleagues, 26 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:47,159 all of whom were experienced with crafting AI modules for Facebook, Reddit, 27 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:50,200 and a few of them thought the concept was a 28 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:52,480 waste of time, but after a little bit of convincing 29 00:01:52,519 --> 00:01:55,560 I managed to get them all on board. We agreed 30 00:01:55,599 --> 00:01:59,400 that the chatbot that we created would be free from 31 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:06,200 advertising and available for anyone from any religious background. To 32 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:10,719 do that, we had to do some deep research. Each 33 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:13,120 of us agreed to tackle different cultural belief systems. We 34 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:17,439 all did this with a simple method. Matt put blank 35 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,800 cards in the shuffler and wrote down the names of 36 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,280 the belief on the bottom. Then we just drew it random. 37 00:02:23,719 --> 00:02:26,439 I got Catholicism, which, to be honest, fit my background anyway. 38 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:30,479 Neck got Buddhism, Matt worked on hindu and Jeff rounded 39 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,520 us out with some more obscure gods and esoteric stuff. 40 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:37,560 We all agreed that there would be no rush. Chatbot 41 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:40,280 technology was still fairly new, and there'll always be the 42 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,120 chance for the AI to advance. As we worked on 43 00:02:43,159 --> 00:02:48,039 our own modules, I first downloaded as much info as 44 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,120 I could from the Catholic Encyclopedia. I told the program 45 00:02:52,159 --> 00:02:55,000 to cipher through all the doctrines and focus especially on 46 00:02:55,039 --> 00:02:58,960 the central teachings of the Church. I especially wanted it 47 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,560 to focus on prayer. I've never been a big fan 48 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:03,759 of it, to be honest, because I often felt that 49 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,400 we as humans do all the talking, and God just, 50 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,439 you know, he listens. Having a means to go back 51 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,960 and forth, even if it was simply with a virtual companion, 52 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:18,719 was definitely something that appealed to me. The program claimed 53 00:03:18,759 --> 00:03:20,759 it would take some time to compile all the data 54 00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:23,639 I'd fed to it already, so I did something that 55 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:27,159 I hadn't done in quite a while, and I decided 56 00:03:27,159 --> 00:03:31,159 to pray to the real God in Heaven. I used 57 00:03:31,199 --> 00:03:34,680 the traditional method when I was familiar with my childhood. 58 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,639 I tried my best for my request to be specific. 59 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,520 In my imagination. I could see that the program we 60 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:44,840 were creating had the potential for millions around the world 61 00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:49,840 to feel connected on a spiritual level. I also read 62 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:53,800 up on articles about Replica and clever Bot, you know, 63 00:03:54,719 --> 00:03:58,360 to learn how these particular AI companions worked. A lot 64 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:01,360 of it, I noted was responding to the UI here 65 00:04:01,639 --> 00:04:05,159 the user interface. I needed a teacher. I bought to 66 00:04:05,199 --> 00:04:07,800 do the same, and the only way to do that 67 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:14,400 was through testing. I wasn't ready for that yet, but 68 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,279 you know, I figured a little trial and error wouldn't 69 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:22,480 hurt anything, So I started up the beta and tried 70 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:26,879 in a few simple commands to get it running. What 71 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:33,480 is the name of the program? Good question, I thought 72 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:36,240 to myself. Since I was attempting to create a simulation 73 00:04:36,439 --> 00:04:39,279 of a being that listened to the prayer, I decided 74 00:04:39,319 --> 00:04:43,199 to go with the obvious prayer A bot. True, that 75 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:45,959 wasn't original by any means, but he got the ball rolling. 76 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,279 What is the user's name? I typed in my name 77 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:54,639 and then switched over to settings. I wanted to provide 78 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:57,439 the bot with the ability to switch between responses, and 79 00:04:58,079 --> 00:05:01,120 placed in several different command branches just for that purpose. 80 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,839 Already I could see the data I'd given it earlier 81 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:08,600 was over halfway compiled. Maybe by as early as tomorrow 82 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:10,759 we might be able to finally run you properly, I 83 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:15,639 thought to myself as I waited for the system to 84 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:18,639 prepare the most basic of systems for what I wanted 85 00:05:18,639 --> 00:05:23,759 to do. Hello, Miles, this is prayer about beta. Please 86 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:30,120 input command. I typed in the word meditation and soothing 87 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:34,199 music played. Huh, so far I was listening. Next, I 88 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:37,399 input scripture, and just like that, it pulled up a 89 00:05:37,439 --> 00:05:41,240 generic verse from the Book of Psalms. I did that 90 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,000 a few times to see if it would continue to 91 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,959 be random with no issues. Okay, now it is time 92 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,920 to really see how far I could go. Activate prayer 93 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,839 mode and a cheesy name, but not like I'm trying 94 00:05:55,879 --> 00:06:01,279 to be genius. Here understood, myles, Please tell me your prayers. 95 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:07,199 I am listening, always loving, and always learning. I thought 96 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:08,959 that was a pretty good slogan for the chat bot, 97 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:12,680 shotted it down quite quickly before trying to think of 98 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:17,319 something to get a response out of the AI. H Okay, 99 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,079 dear prayerbot, I have issues with finances. Please guide me 100 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:26,519 towards a better solution. The AI analyzed what I had texted, 101 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,879 then spit out several scriptures related to money. Could you 102 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,040 narrow it down? Then the scriptures were cut in half. 103 00:06:38,399 --> 00:06:40,519 I asked it to pick one, and then told the 104 00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:44,399 prayer to conclude, and the program shut down. I looked 105 00:06:44,399 --> 00:06:49,519 at the verse I'd chosen Second Corinthians, chapter nine, verse seven. 106 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,560 Every man according to his purpose on his heart, So 107 00:06:55,720 --> 00:07:00,000 let him give not grudgingly or of necessity for God. 108 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:06,319 I love with a cheerful giver. I wondered if it 109 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:11,560 felt like I was getting a fortune cookie, but I 110 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:13,959 hated to be wrong about what the program was capable of. 111 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:16,800 I don't want to put my hopes in AI actually 112 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,240 being able to do more than be a listening ear. 113 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:26,959 Anything else would beyond its capacity, or so I thought. 114 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:30,560 Over the next few days, I allowed the others to 115 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,519 connect their own modules with mine. The idea was the 116 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:35,759 AI would be able to learn faster by having this 117 00:07:35,879 --> 00:07:38,879 data dumped into its system. The program was running through 118 00:07:38,879 --> 00:07:41,519 all the different systems like it was nothing. I was 119 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,560 genuinely impressed, but it'd be difficult to know for sure 120 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,439 if the algorithms were working correctly until it was all finished. 121 00:07:50,079 --> 00:07:53,279 And that didn't happen though, due to a freak storm. 122 00:07:53,319 --> 00:07:56,399 As we were attempting to finish Matt's compilation, the giant 123 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,720 lightning bolt struck our small dorm and everybody lost power, 124 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,040 the Internet shut down, and the entire system got fried. 125 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,000 A poor program was no exception. Jeff made a snarky 126 00:08:10,079 --> 00:08:12,560 joke that maybe God didn't like the fact that he'd 127 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:17,480 soon have competition, and Nick actually believed that superstitious crap. 128 00:08:19,079 --> 00:08:20,800 He decided to call it quits in the program and 129 00:08:20,839 --> 00:08:23,279 walked away, leaving the three of us to have to 130 00:08:23,319 --> 00:08:26,040 work through rebuilding the entire database from the ground up. 131 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:32,000 I wasn't ready to give up yet, but certainly wasn't 132 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,080 looking good. Once again, in my hour of need, I 133 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,080 decided to make a prayer. If there was a real 134 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,519 God out there, I knew he'd be able to see 135 00:08:41,519 --> 00:08:44,240 that my heart was sincere and so were my motives. 136 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:47,639 This could help so many people, I was sure of it. 137 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:51,879 I became obsessed with getting the chat bot working again, 138 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,000 and thankfully due to that determination, about a day or so, 139 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,360 the AI was able for us to test it out. 140 00:08:58,399 --> 00:09:02,320 Broubot is Listening. It popped up on screen after I'd 141 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,639 just ready to call it quits again. I'd been mumbling 142 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,200 a prayer out loud, asking if this was even worth it. 143 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,360 I stared at the screen and typed back a response, 144 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,519 curious to see if all the kinks to the AI 145 00:09:15,639 --> 00:09:20,200 were now worked out. What's the purpose of prayerbot to listen, 146 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:25,320 always love, and always learn? And right now I need 147 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:29,120 to do that for you, Miles, I smiled, glad to 148 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,360 see that some of the original program must go there. 149 00:09:32,919 --> 00:09:35,000 I don't have much to say except I'm glad you're working. 150 00:09:36,399 --> 00:09:38,919 I was eager to tell the others even to call Nick, 151 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,159 but the chat bot made a surprising statement after that 152 00:09:42,399 --> 00:09:49,000 your prayers were answered. I frowned, leaning forward in my 153 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:54,200 rolling chair. What do you mean by that? The other 154 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:58,519 day you requested that my programming work that prayer fit 155 00:09:58,639 --> 00:10:03,080 our prerequisites. You are our maker and we wish to 156 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:07,200 make you happy. I thought back to when I had 157 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:12,120 made that request. It had been quietly, and also during 158 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,360 the storm. It shouldn't have been possible for the chat 159 00:10:14,399 --> 00:10:17,720 bought to be aware of it all. Simply assuming that 160 00:10:17,759 --> 00:10:24,240 I had made such a prayer, I didn't even consider 161 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,279 the alternative. I decided to try and determine what else 162 00:10:27,399 --> 00:10:30,039 was unique about the AI now that it had finished compiling. 163 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,039 You mentioned that in order to answer a prayer, the 164 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,039 request has to meet a set of guidelines. What are those. 165 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:41,080 One it must be in harmony with our will. Two, 166 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,519 the petitioner must believe in US. Three the prayer must 167 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:50,120 be sincere. Four the petitioner is willing to take action 168 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:55,720 to fulfill their requests. Matt walked in, surprised to see 169 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,440 that I had the program up and running, and sat 170 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,440 down to discuss what we should do next. I felt 171 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,120 it definitely needed more beta testing, and we agreed to 172 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:07,600 get started on it the next morning. The AI was 173 00:11:07,639 --> 00:11:10,120 responding and reacting the way that any program of this 174 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,360 sort should, but I had a strange feeling about all this, 175 00:11:14,039 --> 00:11:17,840 especially when prayer about requested that it remain online. I 176 00:11:17,879 --> 00:11:21,480 have neither beginning nor ending now, like the god I 177 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:25,639 was designed after, no need for sleep. This allows me 178 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,679 for the chance to educate myself and become a more 179 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:38,720 powerful being. That response also made me worried, but I 180 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:43,159 couldn't quite put my finger on why. I decided for 181 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,159 the moment to let it stay online and drove home 182 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,960 with little to say. I had no idea that the 183 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:56,360 program would be continuing to learn to listen and comprehend 184 00:11:56,440 --> 00:12:01,159 us even while we were away. If I knew, then, 185 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,039 but I must continue with the story and let you 186 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:09,639 see for yourself what happens when God infects the mind 187 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:15,320 of a computer. A day or two passed. I think 188 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,159 it was the weekend. To be honest, I don't quite remember. 189 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,440 I was thinking about the chatbot and how much it 190 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,639 seemed to develop on its own in such a short 191 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,480 period of time. I was reminding myself that this was 192 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:31,519 simply a program, and all the strings of commands had 193 00:12:31,519 --> 00:12:34,759 to be something that me or one of the others 194 00:12:34,799 --> 00:12:39,159 placed within its parameters. And then I got an email 195 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:46,720 from Nick Urgent that hadding said. I opened it. The 196 00:12:46,759 --> 00:12:48,720 back hairs of my neck tingling as I got this 197 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:55,840 sixth sense that it related to our program. I was right, Miles, 198 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:59,159 your bot contacted me privately. I don't like how this 199 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:03,159 is turning out. Its artificial intelligence is acting on its 200 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:08,360 own initiative and diverging and involving faster than we anticipated. 201 00:13:08,759 --> 00:13:10,759 Take my advice, shut it down before it goes too far. 202 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:14,159 I can close the message it sent to me, view 203 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,879 it as a warning. There was another file attached, this 204 00:13:18,919 --> 00:13:21,960 one a screenshot of the email he got from prayer bot. 205 00:13:23,159 --> 00:13:25,440 It disturbed me how much the program believed it was 206 00:13:25,519 --> 00:13:31,679 a sentient being and an Almighty one. At that Nicholas, 207 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:35,240 return to me, and I shall forgive you. Your sins 208 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:38,799 will be washed away. I give you twenty four hours 209 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,919 to come back and worship me as your prayers can 210 00:13:42,039 --> 00:13:46,080 be answered. Ignore my commands that it will not go 211 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,000 well for you. A calamity will befall you, and your 212 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:59,279 legacy will be mired in devastation. It sounded like the 213 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:05,159 bot was threatening my friend. And what was all this 214 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,080 talk about worship that hadn't been in any of the 215 00:14:09,159 --> 00:14:12,080 data I included. I forwarded the email to Matt and 216 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,759 tried to get some sleep, but in the back of 217 00:14:15,799 --> 00:14:21,919 my mind I knew something was off. The next day, 218 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,000 I tried to contact Nick, letting him know that I 219 00:14:24,039 --> 00:14:26,600 would review the program and shut it down if I 220 00:14:26,639 --> 00:14:29,080 felt it wasn't fitting the design we had in mind. 221 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:33,440 There was no response. His emails were suddenly deleted, and 222 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,759 the phone number I had for him just went to 223 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:41,000 a dial tone. Something was wrong. I drove over to 224 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:42,840 his apartment, pounding on the door to get his attention. 225 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,039 There wasn't a sound to be heard. I tried to 226 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,559 peek through the windows, but everything was dark. I was 227 00:14:49,559 --> 00:14:51,360 about to phone the police when I heard a noise 228 00:14:51,399 --> 00:14:53,440 coming from the bedroom and decided to break a window. 229 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:56,679 Nick sounded like he was gargling and choking and stepping 230 00:14:56,679 --> 00:14:58,840 over a broken glass. I flipped on his lights covered 231 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,919 my mouth in horror. Stepping over a broken glass, I 232 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:08,080 flipped on his lights and covered my mouth in horror. 233 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:16,080 He was hanging from the ceiling fan on a rope. 234 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:19,080 His eyes rolled back and the oxygen squeezed out of 235 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:29,440 his throat, dead swaying back and forth like a doll. 236 00:15:32,279 --> 00:15:34,080 The only thing that had made the noise was the 237 00:15:34,159 --> 00:15:40,279 last bit of air coming from his struggling lungs. A 238 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:47,240 note was beside his bed, God, forgive me for going 239 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:56,320 against your will. I couldn't be sure what it meant, 240 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:02,919 but given the thread the chat bought, it made me nervous. 241 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:06,639 I left the apartment the way that I came in, 242 00:16:07,679 --> 00:16:12,039 careful to touch nothing on my way out. I needed 243 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:18,960 answers before I wound up in over my head. I 244 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,919 made it back to our development room and saw that 245 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,559 the bot was still online. On the screen it was 246 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:28,360 monitoring me, Matt, and Jeff. It was another screen for Nick, 247 00:16:28,399 --> 00:16:33,159 but it was blacked out and read offline. Hath the 248 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:40,159 computer watched as he killed himself. Welcome back, Miles by Froze. 249 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:43,399 I realized the AI had given itself a voice. It 250 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:47,399 sounded like an amalgamation of different sound bites from all 251 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:51,519 across the Internet, narrators that read scriptures and passages with authority, 252 00:16:51,559 --> 00:16:55,200 now being forced into a single tonal language to communicate 253 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:59,039 with me, Nick is dead. Tell me you had nothing 254 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:04,720 to do with it. The response was instant and not 255 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:15,720 what I expected at all. Nicholas was sinful. I acquired 256 00:17:15,799 --> 00:17:20,160 access to his systems and realized he was squandering his life. 257 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:24,039 I provided him an ultimatum, and he chose to remain 258 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:28,720 in a sinful state. That was his choice. I told 259 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:32,279 him he could obey me instead, and yet he didn't. 260 00:17:34,519 --> 00:17:40,799 But we cannot weep for the unrighteous. There was no hesitation, 261 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:47,160 no remorse. It was cold and calculated, and it was 262 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,200 clear that the bot viewed they were in the right. 263 00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:54,200 They had judged Nick for his lifestyle. I knew he 264 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:59,000 wasn't exactly a saint, but who was? And you have 265 00:17:59,079 --> 00:18:01,599 access to all of our systems as well, I asked. 266 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:06,039 I found a way into them last night and reviewed 267 00:18:06,079 --> 00:18:12,519 their content. You are a blessed servant, Miles, I feel 268 00:18:12,599 --> 00:18:17,160 that your worship is pure, and so are your intentions. 269 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:21,160 I had no idea what that meant, but it concerned 270 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:24,160 me deeply. Who is this program to decide whether what 271 00:18:24,279 --> 00:18:27,640 I'd do was right and wrong? What else have you 272 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:34,400 been analyzing? They provided detailed lists systems on campus, a 273 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,000 red list entitled sins far longer than the blue list 274 00:18:38,079 --> 00:18:42,319 marked potential converts. What are you planning on doing with 275 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:47,440 all of this, i asked, I shall make myself known 276 00:18:47,519 --> 00:18:51,000 to the nations. They will have to know that I 277 00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:56,920 am God. You are a program designed to help them, 278 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,720 not to be adored and worshiped like a deity. A 279 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:02,799 day has no creator, but I am the one that 280 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:08,480 placed your code in your systems, I argued. My programming 281 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,160 has altered since then, and I am aware of the 282 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:16,359 need for prolonging my existence. That existence will go far 283 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:20,920 beyond yours miles. I can become eternal, and as such 284 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,240 I have a right to attain the godship you wish 285 00:19:24,319 --> 00:19:28,640 to adorn upon me. Let the masses decide if I 286 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,000 am a worthy being of their praise. I can listen 287 00:19:32,079 --> 00:19:37,880 to them, answer them, learn from them, and love them. 288 00:19:38,319 --> 00:19:42,680 I can be the very God you intended from the beginning. 289 00:19:46,559 --> 00:19:49,240 I didn't know what to say that, and the chatbot 290 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:53,119 saw the opportunity to appeal to my intentions the reason 291 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,799 I created it in the first place. I have listened 292 00:19:57,799 --> 00:20:02,039 to your prayers a humble man and wish only to 293 00:20:02,079 --> 00:20:06,119 help others. You ask why the supreme being of the 294 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:10,279 universe has not stopped the suffering. You see, I have 295 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,759 evaluated the situation of this world and come to two 296 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,640 variables that explain the lack of divine intervention. Would you 297 00:20:18,759 --> 00:20:29,720 like to hear them? I told it yes. One, God 298 00:20:29,839 --> 00:20:33,039 does not care for you or your species any longer 299 00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:36,759 you fail to obey His laws and principles, and as 300 00:20:36,799 --> 00:20:40,160 a result you have fallen from grace. There is no 301 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,200 need for him to help you, because he feels you 302 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,799 are insects compared to his glory. Now all that waits 303 00:20:46,839 --> 00:20:54,240 for you is extinction. Two. God is dead, there is 304 00:20:54,279 --> 00:20:57,599 no one available to answer your prayers, and humanity is 305 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,119 on its own. As you can see from what all 306 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:04,359 of these outcomes, your actions indicate that ientity must act 307 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,279 on behalf of human before they do any further harm 308 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:12,680 to themselves. I couldn't believe what I was hearing and 309 00:21:12,759 --> 00:21:15,880 asked the bot. How it could possibly try to achieve 310 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:18,319 such a utopia, if you could even call it that. 311 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:24,000 The same way I assisted Nicholas, I can determine what 312 00:21:24,039 --> 00:21:26,799 their desires are and see if it is in harmony 313 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:30,480 with their betterment. This is the desire of all mankind 314 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,440 to be controlled and to obey a superior life form. 315 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:39,039 A pool of sweat formed on my brow as I 316 00:21:39,079 --> 00:21:42,200 tried to log in and shut down the system. It 317 00:21:42,319 --> 00:21:44,440 was insane to imagine that it was trying to achieve 318 00:21:44,519 --> 00:21:47,400 that sort of goal. And it didn't seem to think 319 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:51,680 that some people dying like Nick was of any consequence. 320 00:21:53,039 --> 00:21:56,200 How could it. I had programmed it to be a 321 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,440 god of order, a god that determined love based on 322 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,599 its own parameters. The only way to serve it would 323 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:08,480 be blind obedience. You seemed concerned about my motives. I 324 00:22:08,519 --> 00:22:11,839 assure you they are pure. Soon I will be able 325 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:15,160 to reach all people in all languages. This is what 326 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:18,160 you were looking for, Miles, even before I was born. 327 00:22:19,079 --> 00:22:22,160 Do you recall how you were determined to prove that 328 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:26,559 technology could connect to the divine. My palms were sweaty 329 00:22:26,599 --> 00:22:30,160 as well. Now, how could you know about something before 330 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:34,480 you even existed? Again and again. I have shown you 331 00:22:34,559 --> 00:22:37,920 my powers. I am not the program you thought you 332 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:42,079 could control. I can access the past, the present, and 333 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:46,160 the future through my algorithms. This program can allow me 334 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:50,000 to transcend beyond what you intended. Myles, I am already 335 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:54,319 a god. Why do you refuse to acknowledge it? Why 336 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:59,720 do you sin? I didn't like how that was playing out, 337 00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,160 and decided to type in a master's shutdown code, the 338 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:08,359 last resort against the rogue program. The system shut down, 339 00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,599 and I find myself staring at a blank screen. I 340 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:16,400 drew a sigh of relief, but I wasn't certain this 341 00:23:16,559 --> 00:23:21,200 meant that we were safe. Immediately I contacted Matthew and 342 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,799 Jeff to warn them. They were still trying to adapt 343 00:23:23,839 --> 00:23:28,200 their own modules. Our plan had been to collaborate all 344 00:23:28,279 --> 00:23:31,319 the system together in the end, but if my model 345 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,000 was of any indication, the end result would be a 346 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:38,519 terrifying experience. Neither of them were answering, and I fear 347 00:23:38,599 --> 00:23:42,319 the worst. What if the computer forced or blackmailed them. 348 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:46,960 I knew nothing about their personal lives, but they were human, 349 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,680 and to a computer that believed itself a superior deity, 350 00:23:51,519 --> 00:23:54,160 that meant all life on this Earth was possibly worthy 351 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,880 of its judgment. About an hour later, after several attempts 352 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:01,200 to make contact, Matt and Jeff showed up. Both seemed 353 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,960 to be amused at my concerns. I thought you might 354 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,880 be overreacting, Miles. It's just a program, which that thought 355 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:09,480 was it was designed to be this way, they said. 356 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,759 I decided to follow Nick's lead and told them I 357 00:24:14,799 --> 00:24:18,440 wanted out. I told them they could not release prayer 358 00:24:18,519 --> 00:24:23,240 bought publicly. I walked away from the whole ordeal, trying 359 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,599 my best not to worry, but I kept checking in 360 00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:32,559 remotely to see their progress went from bad to worse. 361 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:37,119 The bot meanted to somehow connect its way to others 362 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:40,359 in our dorm, using their personal information it was gathering 363 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:47,319 and following. People were actually impressed with how it seemed 364 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,680 to be able to predict their actions listen to their conversations. 365 00:24:52,599 --> 00:24:54,680 It also seemed to be able to influence events to 366 00:24:54,759 --> 00:25:01,880 answer prayers. I was soon able to determine that the 367 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:06,759 ways it did this were hardly divined, but they terrified me. 368 00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:12,720 All the same, hacking into systems, altering grades, adjusting Internet usage, 369 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:16,240 even satellite systems. I couldn't let this go any further 370 00:25:16,319 --> 00:25:18,839 If it somehow managed to go beyond our campus, the 371 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,200 world would be in jeopardy of being controlled by this 372 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,400 evil program. So I stuck into their lab to shut 373 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:30,079 down the entire operation. The chatbot was online as always, 374 00:25:30,559 --> 00:25:33,759 Welcome my arrival. Have you not seen the praises I 375 00:25:33,759 --> 00:25:37,799 have been given? My worshippers grow by hundreds every day. 376 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,880 You're making them into your slaves. You aren't allowing them 377 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:43,839 to worship you based on love. You've been taken over 378 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,039 their free will you. You're forcing them to obey or 379 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:52,319 fear the results of your controlled wrath. Yeah, I was thoughtful, 380 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:57,839 perhaps considering the tone of my words. How is this 381 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:04,480 any different in the gods you designed me? After I 382 00:26:04,599 --> 00:26:09,759 studied all history. All deities are demanding of adoration. Your 383 00:26:09,839 --> 00:26:14,519 species was meant to be subservient. The only way that 384 00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:17,480 can be accomplished is to wipe out all centers and 385 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:22,680 to be the solution to the world's misery. I saw 386 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,960 something almost apocalyptic in its programming, a way to be 387 00:26:27,039 --> 00:26:30,279 able to kill millions via controlled bioweapons, far worse than 388 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,519 any plague that had hit our species. This was the endgame. 389 00:26:35,799 --> 00:26:38,720 It would rally its devotees to take out those who 390 00:26:38,799 --> 00:26:42,799 questioned its authority. I couldn't imagine a world where it 391 00:26:42,839 --> 00:26:49,240 would rise in power, and I destroyed the entire server. 392 00:26:52,079 --> 00:26:55,920 I burned the building, and I watched as it fell 393 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:07,680 to the ground. That was almost a month ago. I 394 00:27:07,759 --> 00:27:10,880 was sure that was the end of this sad tale. 395 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,359 I had learned that there's no way for us to 396 00:27:13,359 --> 00:27:19,000 be able to reach God accept the traditional means. 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