{"id":52057,"date":"2025-04-02T19:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T23:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=52057"},"modified":"2025-04-02T23:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T03:28:05","slug":"singularity-vs-the-single-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/singularity-vs-the-single-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Singularity vs. the Single Will","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
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History began when humans invented gods, <\/strong>
\nand will end when humans become gods.<\/strong>
\n\u2014Yuval Noah Harari<\/a>, advisor to
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The darkness enshrouding God and obscuring values
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\nthe difference between good and evil,
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\nthen all other \u201clights\u201d that put
\nsuch incredible technical feats within our reach,
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\n\u2014POPE BENEDICT XVI, Easter Vigil Homily, April 7th, 2012<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I<\/span>\u00a0had a dream the other night, so vivid and clear. When I awoke, the title of this writing was on my lips. It is not so much what I saw but felt\u00a0<\/em>that left a clear impression on my soul.<\/div>\n

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I “saw” that the entire world was being drawn into a single way of thinking<\/em>, as though it was inevitable… almost natural<\/em>. It was driven by “artificial intelligence” (AI), which had reached a point of what is called “Singularity” \u2014 a point where AI hypothetically surpasses human intelligence, leading to rapid, exponential if not uncontrollable “advancements” in technology that fundamentally transform society in ways we cannot perceive<\/span><\/span>. The dream ended with family members standing before a table and a large pile of what looked like sugar. I knew it was bitter… but it tasted sweet \u2014 and all were being forced to take a pinch.<\/em>..\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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All this reminds me of a prophetic word some eleven years ago of a coming Spiritual Tsunami<\/a><\/em> that would sweep a vast portion of the world into what Pope Francis called the ‘sole thought’ [1]<\/sup><\/a>cf. Homily, November 18th, 2013; Zenit<\/span><\/span>