AI ‘scarily parallels Biblical prophecy’

en staff  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  13 Oct 2025
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AI ‘scarily parallels  Biblical prophecy’

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Theologian, mathematician and bioethicist John Lennox says some predictions about Artificial Intelligence (AI) taking over the world “scarily parallel Biblical prophecy”.

Writing in The Times, Lennox – whose thinking has been extensively covered in en – said: “If we are going to take seriously the view of leading scientists and engineers that AI poses an increasing threat to humanity, should we not also take seriously Biblical predictions that become more realistic by the day?”

Citing as an example physicist Max Tegmark’s book Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, in which a totalitarian world government requires everyone to wear a “security bracelet”, Lennox then points to Revelation 13 and asks: “Could this be a diabolical AI system?”

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