The New Siren Song
Quantum Computing is the new digital sea and the siren song of A.I. will lure wayward virtual sailors to their death..... and they won't care. Because we've failed them.
The sailors of old, would huddle around on a dark night and delight in stories about terrors of the deep. The stories were meant to terrify, to entertain, and to serve as a warning about the dangers of straying from your duty. Often, they would capitalize on the natural fears of the 16th century sailor.
Go off course and you will sail over the edge of the world. Fall asleep on your watch and get crushed by the kraken. The crew embraced the horror stories as a welcome distraction at a time when satellite television wasn’t too readily available. They needed to briefly forget their long voyage lest they be consumed by their loneliness. They were missing the kind of companionship only a woman could provide. This deep need gave rise to one of the most terrifying monster legends of them all - the mermaid and her siren song. The mermaid was a different creature. She didn’t come with a sword, or tentacles but she could destroy an entire ship by her seductive song. By using the crew’s own loneliness as her weapon of choice. She seduces the sailor into the deep and lets them dive headlong to their own demise. This stark warning terrified the sailors more than any other monster because they knew their own solitude was their greatest enemy. The siren song represented the dangers of letting yourself sink to the depths of despair.
In the modern age we are too intelligent or too sophisticated to fall for the 16th century ghost stories that wouldn’t even frighten a small child today. The siren song is laughable. We cannot even image how the men of the ancient days would fall for something so unbelievable. We’re so much more savvy than that now … or are we.
This ad popped up on my twitter feed today.
There it is. The new siren song. A seductive call into the depths. An invite to submerge yourself in the welcoming waters of A.I. as you slowly lose contact with real people, real relationships …. with reality. We have been receiving predictive programming on the subject for a long time. One of the most notable examples is from the movie “Her” in 2013. Here is a brief interaction between Joaquin Phoenix and his AI friend (Scarlett Johansson).
The real problem is that A.I. companionship isn’t the problem. The problem is that we have collectively allowed leaders to guide our society down a path that is intended to shred us of our humanity. It has been a long process consisting of a trauma, fear, division cycle set on continual repeat. While we are distracted by trauma and division the global predators chip away at our national and personal identities. Then they just need to hit the trauma button again so they can fill the identity void with the programming they want in that empty vessel.
Pepper in a massive information overload to confuse and you have set the stage. The result is a whole generation who would rather waste away online. A programmed digital partner because is now more real - and more re-assuring - than the confusing world they live in. Just like the lonely sailors of old, the call to give in to the seduction becomes too strong to resist.
Yesterday, my neighbors moved away. As they were struggling with the last few items I went over to say good-bye. I’ve been here a year. They walk past the house every day. And yesterday was the first time I talked to them. I helped them strap their mower into the trailer and apologized for not getting to know them. It was my loss, they were very nice and we had a good chat. The last thing they they said was that I should go meet the new neighbors when they move in today. I promised I would.
The first thing I see when checking in on X (Twitter) today is an ad that wants me to let me know that A.I. can be my new lover. This is not something I need but it is something helped create. Did I program it? No. But I did help create the void that begged for a solution. Except the solution is destructor.
In 2013 the A.I. siren call had to be delivered to the masses in the form of predictive programmed fantasy. We would only accept the concept as fiction. In 2024 we no longer realize the actual deficit caused by the ‘plandemic’ of the past few years. The destruction of human interaction is a debt that we will be re-paying for generations. I, for one, will not let A.I. replace humanity. There are lonely people in the world who need this A.I. companion because we allow it.
I will go meet my new neighbors today. Not as an act of rebellion, not because I hate A.I. or the global pedo-crats but for the same reason I fight this fight. I still have hope for the human spirit. Because I love people. Because my heavenly Father loves people and because sometimes I need to remind myself of these things.
This is the way forward for all of us.