The Development of AI Has Made Lying Simpler, Easier, and More Believable Than Telling the Truth
I’m sure everyone is avidly watching the news about the new Middle East war and trying to understand what’s happening, what could happen in the future, and how these events will effect them. Trust me, the ripples spreading across the globe are more than just interesting, and they have a very real possibility of touching everyone on the globe in a profound way. However, one of the biggest realizations I’ve had in my study of this new war is that the news can’t be trusted! As a direct result of the development of AI, lying has become simpler, easier, and more believable than telling the truth.
I started to understand this new state of unreality with the Russia-Ukraine war (I realize Russia says it’s just a “special military operation,” but if it walks like a duck . . .). Russia was winning; no wait, Ukraine is winning. It all depends on who’s telling the story. And each variation was backed up with pictures, testimonies, official endorsements from various world political figures or governments. Still, I could make at least some sense of the whole thing.
The new war is different. AI is manufacturing stories, videos and other propaganda and flooding the information sphere with more lies than there is truth. The AI videos are so good, it’s nearly impossible for most people to tell if they are AI generated or real. It reminds me of commercial that asks the question “is it Memorex, or is it live?”
The amount of manure circulating on the internet is so extreme, nothing can be trusted to be real. Everything has to be questioned. Is Netanyahu dead? Guess so. Well, maybe not. How do we know. The simple fact is that all information about the war is collected and passed via electronic means. Anything that happens can be altered, deleted, or made up of whole cloth.
Because of the multiplication, believability, and sophistication of lies, it’s very difficult to know what’s really happening or to make accurate predictions about the future direction of this war. I’ve seen everything from “this war will be over in a couple of weeks and we win” all the way up to “it’s the start of WWIII, and the bombs will fall within the next month.”
In an atmosphere where everything could be a lie, you have to rely on truth somewhere. If there is no truth to depend on, you will shortly find yourself believing in the “truth” that makes you feel the best. In other words you will believe in the lie that appeals the best to whatever emotions have power over you in the moment. Fear, wishful thinking, denial, etc.
The truth I choose to believe in is the Holy Bible. The reason for that choice is because I can prove the Bible is true via prophecy. Every prophecy in the Bible is either true, or hasn’t happened yet and is clearly for the futute.
The Bible said Israel will be destroyed and the people scattered (here, and here). The city of Jerusalem was also prophesied to be destroyed. Along with Jerusalem, the Bible also said the Temple will be destroyed in several places.
Of even more importance are all the prophecies about Jesus Christ. Prophecies written hundreds or even thousands of years before his coming described nearly everything about his birth, life, and death. A number of notable examples include his humble beginnings and childhood, Judea losing it’s right to high justice at his coming, the amount Judas would receive for betraying Jesus, his death, and even the EXACT day Jesus was to be presented as the “Lamb of God” for the atonement of the sins of the world (once you do all the math, that date turns out to be April 6, 32AD).
The Bible said Israel will be drawn back into the land. After nearly 2000 years . . . fulfilled in 1948. Jews will once again have Jerusalem as it’s capital. Fulfilled in 1967. Israel shall rebuild the temple one final time. Not yet fulfilled.
So, relying on the Bible, what do I know about what’s going to happen in the Middle East?
- Israel will not be destroyed. Apart from the fact that there must be an Israel to rebuild the temple before the end times (the temple is not built and so Israel can not be destroyed until after it is), the Bible, in both New and Old Testaments, predicts Israel will exist forever (at least until John sees the New Heaven and New Earth.) after the Jews have been re-gathered into the land once again.
- Iran will not be destroyed. Iran must be an active nation in order for it to come against Israel as part of the enemy coalition during the Gog, Magog war.
- Other nations that will not be destroyed in this war include Russia, Turkey, Libya, Sudan, and probably Azerbaijan because they are also part of the coalition involved in the Gog, Magog war.
- Building on the first three items in this list, WWIII, if it happens, will not destroy the world. There has to be a world for there to be any future prophecies. This does not mean there won’t be hardships, or even a world war of some kind, it just means the nuclear war where everyone dies of radiation poising isn’t going to happen. It’s off the table!
Anyway, even though everything we read, listen to, or watch about what’s happening in the world feels like it might be, and probably is, a lie, the Bible does give us some footing of truth from which we can test what’s being reported to see if these things are true. Is Benjamin Netanyahu dead? I don’t think so, but at this point he may very well have 6 fingers.
Thank you for reading . . .
