ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE, THE MATRIX AND FREE WILL
The reason that Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., played the part of the villain in the film “The Matrix” stems from the fact that building a computer with A.I. and allowing it to control any aspect of our lives is just another Ego-based Illusion thrown in the face of humanity in order to usurp our Free Will, to enslave humans to a digital master that directs our lives, thereby creating Hell. In the movie, this is precisely what humanity did—sold itself out to a giant computer program.
Computers with A.I. are programmed to think for themselves, totally outside of the programmer’s control. This is an example of an artificial type of Free Will (why do you think it is called ‘Artificial Intelligence’). A.I. is a wondrous technical invention to be sure. However……
If A.I. computers are allowed to control any aspect whatsoever of our lives, then we have erred just the same as if we allowed anything else endowed with artificial free will from the ‘outside’ world to control us in some way, including Television advertising, politics, subliminal programming, any phenomenon really…The list is endless.
In the back-story of “The Matrix”, we learn that mankind was enthralled and enamored with these A.I. computers, allowing them to do things for them, serve them in a manner that humanity should never allot to some outside power in the first place. The end result was that the A.I. computers came to regard humanity as the enemy and fought for their own existence in a one-sided devastating war, and humanity was forced to sell itself into slavery to these computers that they themselves had created, manifesting a virtual hell.
The A.I. computers in the movie are an excellent metaphor for the various systems of control that attempt to rule us from the outside. The lesson to be learned from this is that we must always practice keeping our focus on the Spirit that dwells within ourselves and project our Free Will from the inside-out, thereby dictating to the Universe what we want or desire in harmony with Divine Will, instead of allowing anything from the external world to control us or dictate our lives in any way whatsoever.
If this willful mode of action makes us seem like gods, as though we were one with God and our wills must therefore be obeyed, then it is no coincidence, for the ancient teachings tell us precisely this—that humans are literally ‘little gods’ in touch with the One God. All we need do to take control of our lives is to just make contact with Divinity within and ask for what we want, desire or need. As long as what we ask of Divinity does not violate the Free Will of others (or ourselves), then results never fail to show up.
And with such a Source as this backing us up, why would anyone ever want to downgrade such an Omnipotent Divine connection, thereby sacrificing our Free Will by handing over power to a computer with artificially created Free Will?
Sounds like madness to me………
If committing a sin is evil, and evil sends a soul to Hell, then I have only to quote the ancient writer Hermes Trismegistes, “The greatest human evil is unacquaintance with God.” When one is acquainted with God, the greatest evil sin one can commit is to forsake such a friendship.
The reader is encouraged to watch “The Matrix” repeatedly until they understand the contents of this essay.
