(JNS) Artificial intelligence and quantum computing are emerging as the twin pillars of strategic power in the 21st century. They are reshaping how nations gather intelligence, safeguard their economies and project influence.
Artificial intelligence allows governments and militaries to process information and make decisions with unprecedented speed and quality.
Quantum computing, meanwhile, threatens to overturn today’s encryption standards, redefining the future of computing power and cybersecurity.
“These technologies are critical national interests, and we are only in the opening years of the race to access and control them,” Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler, a senior fellow and head of the Democracy in the Digital Age Program at the Israel Democracy Institute, told JNS. “However, those first years are incredibly important as they will set up the foundation for future success in these fields,” Shwartz Altshuler said.
That understanding has triggered a surge of state-level investment. The United States and China are spending tens of billions to secure advantages in advanced chips, data centers and...
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I can see “AI” as the perfect tool for use by the antichrist to bring the entire world under his fingertips. I have often wondered about different scriptures in Revelation that could use “AI” to form the images projected by unknown beings to bring entire populations under the spell of the beast.
There is a lot of deception going on in the world at present, Jesus said, “be careful that you be not deceived,” especially when He was talking about the future. I call “AI”, “Antichrist Insurrection”, it is coming in under the radar.