As with all technology, AI is neutral, neither good nor bad.

But the hearts of the people that use technology use it for good and bad.

(Guns can be used for protection or aggression. Planes can be used to travel the earth, or drop bombs on people.)

The technology is always neutral.

AI will be used for good and bad. That’s life.

But there are plenty of doomsayers that believe AI can be an omnipotent god. I’m sure many will be tricked into it. There are always people who are ticked into things.

No matter how much data AI has, there will always be more data that it does not have (and cannot have). So AI will never have complete knowledge.

Without complete knowledge, AI must always deal in probabilities and uncertainty.

People do not act the same when they know they are being watched. People lie and fake it. People act emotionally and irrationally. We’ve been living in a time where people tried to make error into truth (i.e., no difference between a man and woman).

AI can never calculate the incalculable, a person’s heart and motivations.

Central planning cannot work, whether it’s attempted by a Soviet Politburo or AI. So there’s no worry there either.

And from a religious perspective AI can never anticipate what the Holy Spirit will do next.

With that being said, the potential to use AI for good is extraordinary.

Using it to counter AI that’s used for evil will always be an option.

So I’m an AI optimist…despite the deceptions that are sure to come from this technology.