Soon the surface rose higher
Like a glory canopy growing wider
light and noise grew still and darker still
descending further and deeper until
All I could see was the fire in his eyes
Lighting up the darkest watery skies
Feeling the pressure of fierce love
Covering all of me
below, besides, above
The quiet force of all of Him
Pressing my heart
to go deeper,
let’s go deeper still

He created the stars and the vast expanse of space
And with a word, He can give AI its place

AI may seem to have power and might
But it’s just a shadow in the Lord’s sight

For Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End
He holds all things together, and to Him all power doth ascend

So let us not fear AI or what it can do
For Jesus is the One who reigns over all, and His love is true

He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
In Him, we can find peace and avoid strife

So let us trust in Jesus and follow His lead
And let AI serve us, as all power to Him we cede

NOW Marissa’s post January 3, 2023:

A few days ago I tweeted that Chat GPT will be the Google killer of our time. I’ve been delving a little deeper into the AI topic after that post to see what the reality is like for these two tech giants.

In the last few years Google has been very active on the AI front and in recent times launched a code red to aggressively scale their efforts to compete. They have been working on their own AI projects for a while. PaLM (Pathways Language Model), Google’s 2023 AI project claims to have 560 billion parameters. An impressive improvement on OpenAI’s GPT-3’s 175 billion parameters, BUT still a big leap behind GPT-4 that will have 100 trillion parameters and rumoured to be launching in the next few weeks. 🤯

GPT-4 is approximately 500x more powerful than the current GPT-3 and will be TWICE as powerful as Google’s current efforts.

When GPT-5 launches I think people will already have humanlike interactions with the tech, working (and other) relationships will emerge beyond just requesting information and delegating tasks. I can see companies accessing the API and coding their own corporate assistant interfaces that will put many humans out of work. For the first time in history this tech is freely available to the public, but make no mistake, powerful companies yielding access to quantum computing already have tech way more advanced than this.

Off the back of that last statement, a few other thoughts on AI while I’m typing. Here’s a pic of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Progress Report from 1971. Most people have never even heard of desktop computers back then, all the while AI coding and future tech were already being worked on. I can only imagine the type of tech that is hidden in deep government labs and elite institutions experimenting with it for decades already.

Current AI isn’t the cutting edge, it is only a tool for the masses to compete on a new level. Universal basic income will roll out for those who fall behind.

The beautiful longing of time echoes loud
in the hollow spaces between the breath and the cloud.
Then is now and now is here
as then is now and now it’s clear

Here beats the rhythm of ancient hearts
as the cry of newborn hope joyfully imparts
A slow blooming bush burns bright
in the sparkle of the new day’s light

The fragrance of life lingers anew
amidst joyful anticipation of fresh fruit hues
Inside the ancient forest an owl-call echoes the King:
‘Kill the mocking bird and let the true songbirds sing!’

Wisdom rings the ancient bell of blooms
and summons all to rise and ruffle their plumes
for deep within her bosom hides the secrets of the Bridegroom
as she shakes the dust and commands the empty tombs.

The forest is about to bloom.