AI is improving at an exponential rate. And we’re quickly reaching a tipping point where the future will look nothing like the past. This point is known as artificial general intelligence (AGI). It is the top level of artificial intelligence. Some even call it humanity’s final invention.

Artificial general intelligence refers to AI that can mimic human cognitive abilities. To put it simply, AI is becoming smarter than the smartest human.

There are already some  signs of what AGI will look like. Last month, OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, claimed that its most advanced AI models are now bordering on the second of five levels of “Super AI.” Many people can no longer tell the difference between AI chatbots and human-generated text responses. 

AI will turbocharge the robotics trend. Last week, OpenAI-backed robotics startup Figure AI released a two-minute video of its humanoid robots completing tasks at a BMW plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina (see video below). These machines are now capable of learning from their mistakes and, unlike their robotic arm predecessors, are designed to move in spaces made for humans. That allows them to take on directly competing roles. 

Back in January, Elon Musk’s Neuralink company implanted the first N1 device in the brain of a quadriplegic patient… and it worked. The patient could play chess online and browse the internet with only his mind.

Now, one of Musk’s R1 robots has successfully implanted one of Neuralink’s N1 chips in the brain of a second paraplegic patient. According to Neuralink, the N1 interprets neural activity and makes it available for computers. Then, the person can control external devices with their mind, alone. Musk and his team of researchers and engineers call this “electrophysiological recording.”

According to Musk, Neuralink initially aims to restore mobility in paralyzed people, with subsequent goals of restoring sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf. In short, the N1 device could benefit millions of people with miracle-like cures. If things go as Musk’s team predicts, the paralyzed will walk, the blind will see, and the deaf will hear.

Musk does not know that we are fast approaching the time when the Antichrist and the False Prophet force everybody to take the Mark of the Beast on their right hand or forehead. Could Musk’s Neuralink technology play a role in implementing the Mark of the Beast?

“Also it (False Prophet) causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name.” Revelation 13:16-17

Church time is short: let us make sure we are in step with the Holy Spirit. He will direct our steps if we allow Him. Like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, we need to say not my will but yours be done this day and every day until Jesus returns.

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” Luke 22:42