By the twenty-first century, artificial intelligence promises to transform the world from iPhones and automation in education, business, and government, to international relations where superpowers vie for global dominance. Even without an AI superintelligence, Agentic AI’s emergent qualities pose risks of uncharted capabilities that concern even AI creators, apart from malvolent individuals who may use this new technology for dubious purposes. Genetic engineering promises to cure diseases and extend the human life span. Yet this Orwellian Brave New World also portends unprecedented control over populations via DNA-powered AI systems that could enable universal tyranny. Recalling Jules Verne, the essay proposes that fiction may become fact. To retain control of the new Age of Robotics requires humanizing its effects but resisting the transhumanist hubris while reaffirming the inherent value and dignity of a creature created in the image and likeness of God.
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