04-30-2023, 03:42 PM
Technecromancy
Joseph P. Farrell
Some time ago, I began my book The Grid of the Gods: The Aftermath of the Cosmic War and the Physics of the Pyramid Peoples, with this observation:
Indeed, much of our current application of science and technology simply seems to exhibit itself as the kind of moral decay that those ancient myths also often clearly state accompanies the condition of technological prowess. One may now add to the list I outlined in that Preface that one of the operations of the magical intellect and mythologies of the ancients that “science” is bringing into reality is a kind of necromancy, a literal sorcery or “conjuring of the dead”, made possible by artificial intelligence and computer-generated graphics, a kind of “technecromancy”, as the following very disturbing article shared by V.T. makes clear:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how...r-AA19PIle
This technology is, of course, but another adaptation or use of the “deep fake” technology that is now allowing artificial intelligence in conjunction with computer-aided graphics to literally create fictional people. Already there are stories on the internet of computer generated “anchormen” on television in China, completely fictitious “people” reading the news. Now imagine – as the article suggests – the same technology being used to generate images of departed loved ones, with whom one can actually “converse.”
In a world where all sorts of data is being gathered on virtually everyone, it becomes possible to envision that a sufficiently sophisticated artificial intelligence could generate a “personality” sufficiently like that of someone dead to allow such a “conversation” to take place. But it is still magic; it is still sorcery; the only difference between the modern version and the ancient one is that, rather than using the sorcerer’s “seals” and “conjuring circles” one now uses an algorithm to conjure, and presumably contain, the person age so summoned. In short, it looks as if this ‘technecromancy” is but another implication of Elon Musk’s warning that artificial intelligence might indeed “transduce” an “entity” into its cybernetic network.
With this program and capability, in other words, we have a clear example and case where this is the actual goal: to conjure someone dead by algorithms and computer graphics.
Needless to say, I can see all sorts of diabolical mischief – emphasis on the “diabolical” part – ensuing from this. In a world already insane (and, I would aver, even criminally insane), and which cannot tell the difference between reality and make believe, which cannot even determine what a woman or a man is, and where a whole younger generation has its noses buried in its cell phones and is unable to converse amicably or courteously to the real human being standing next to it, where real friendships and relationships with real people in real physical proximity to each other with real emotions and real feeling is a rarity, the appeal of being able to “converse” with an older, wiser, and “more loving” departed loved one will, I submit, be an almost irresistible temptation. At that point enters the diabolus in phonae cellae, so to speak. For it is easy to see that such a technecromancy could easily become a tool of mind manipulation and behavioral modification and control – an addiction – to the lonely and emotionally needy, and that the avatar with which one “converses” could become increasingly more demanding and manipulative, a “strong delusion” which is almost impossible to resist.
And then, of course, it’s but a short step to the ultimate conjurer’s trick, and that’s quite a Puzzle…
See you on the flip side…
https://gizadeathstar.com/2023/04/technecromancy/
Joseph P. Farrell
Some time ago, I began my book The Grid of the Gods: The Aftermath of the Cosmic War and the Physics of the Pyramid Peoples, with this observation:
Quote:Modern science is but a technique of the imagination to bring into reality the operations of the magical intellect and the mythologies of the ancients, with consistent and predictable regularity. This implies, therefore, that the magical intellect encountered so often in ancient texts, myths, and monuments is, in fact, the product of a decayed science, but a science nonetheless. Much of modern physics may be viewed as but Hermetic metaphysics with “topological” equations, and by a similar process of examination, much of modern genetics may be viewed as but the myths of Sumer, Babylon, and even the Mayans, given flesh by the techniques of genetic engineering. (Joseph P. Farrell, The Grid of the Gods, p. iii.)
Indeed, much of our current application of science and technology simply seems to exhibit itself as the kind of moral decay that those ancient myths also often clearly state accompanies the condition of technological prowess. One may now add to the list I outlined in that Preface that one of the operations of the magical intellect and mythologies of the ancients that “science” is bringing into reality is a kind of necromancy, a literal sorcery or “conjuring of the dead”, made possible by artificial intelligence and computer-generated graphics, a kind of “technecromancy”, as the following very disturbing article shared by V.T. makes clear:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/how...r-AA19PIle
Quote:How AI is already letting people speak to the dead
Fionna Agomuoh 4/13/2023
It might sound like science fiction, but undertakers and tech-savvy people in China have already started using AI tools to create realistic avatars of people who have passed away.
Using a blend of tools such as the ChatGPT chatbot and the image generator Midjourney — in addition to photos and voice recordings — funeral companies are starting to fashion a rendition of the deceased loved one that grieving families and friends can “communicate” with, according to Guangzhou Daily via the Straits Times.
This technology was timed to make its debut around the recent Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, which was observed by Ethnic Chinese people globally on April 5. Traditionally, those in China use this public holiday to honor the dead by cleaning and decorating grave sites, burning joss paper, and making food offerings, the publication noted.
However, as times modernize, people are finding more technologically advanced ways to deal with the death of someone they care about. Bloggers on the Chinese video-sharing website Bilibili have shared their experience using AI to speak to their loved ones who have died.
One blogger, Wu Wuliu, uploaded a video to the platform in March called “Generating my grandma’s virtual digital human using AI tools” that detailed how he used ChatGPT, AI painting, and speech synthesis to create a moving avatar of his late grandmother. He discussed growing up in a single-parent family and being raised by his father and grandmother, as well as his regrets about not being able to see her one last time before she died. Thanks to technology, he was able to.
“The video I made is mainly to ease my regrets through the use of AI technology and help me to not think so much of the past,” he said in the blog post as reported by The Straits Times.
Similarly, Shanghai Fushouyun, a company known for its digital funeral services, began hosting funerals featuring AI technologies in January 2022. The first funeral of this kind was for a Chinese surgeon who had many colleagues and students that were upset at not being able to say goodbye in person. They were, however, able to speak to an AI-generated version of him at the ceremony.
“We hope to let the living understand that death is not the end of life. People want to use AI to recover the deceased because they need to release their emotions,” Yu Hao, Fushouyun chief executive, told Guangzhou Daily.
The executive warns that there could be an issue if people end up drowning in their emotions instead. However, most have reported a positive experience with using AI to communicate with their dead loved ones. Some other funeral companies are even working toward using AI to help people grieve their pets who have died.
This technology is, of course, but another adaptation or use of the “deep fake” technology that is now allowing artificial intelligence in conjunction with computer-aided graphics to literally create fictional people. Already there are stories on the internet of computer generated “anchormen” on television in China, completely fictitious “people” reading the news. Now imagine – as the article suggests – the same technology being used to generate images of departed loved ones, with whom one can actually “converse.”
In a world where all sorts of data is being gathered on virtually everyone, it becomes possible to envision that a sufficiently sophisticated artificial intelligence could generate a “personality” sufficiently like that of someone dead to allow such a “conversation” to take place. But it is still magic; it is still sorcery; the only difference between the modern version and the ancient one is that, rather than using the sorcerer’s “seals” and “conjuring circles” one now uses an algorithm to conjure, and presumably contain, the person age so summoned. In short, it looks as if this ‘technecromancy” is but another implication of Elon Musk’s warning that artificial intelligence might indeed “transduce” an “entity” into its cybernetic network.
With this program and capability, in other words, we have a clear example and case where this is the actual goal: to conjure someone dead by algorithms and computer graphics.
Needless to say, I can see all sorts of diabolical mischief – emphasis on the “diabolical” part – ensuing from this. In a world already insane (and, I would aver, even criminally insane), and which cannot tell the difference between reality and make believe, which cannot even determine what a woman or a man is, and where a whole younger generation has its noses buried in its cell phones and is unable to converse amicably or courteously to the real human being standing next to it, where real friendships and relationships with real people in real physical proximity to each other with real emotions and real feeling is a rarity, the appeal of being able to “converse” with an older, wiser, and “more loving” departed loved one will, I submit, be an almost irresistible temptation. At that point enters the diabolus in phonae cellae, so to speak. For it is easy to see that such a technecromancy could easily become a tool of mind manipulation and behavioral modification and control – an addiction – to the lonely and emotionally needy, and that the avatar with which one “converses” could become increasingly more demanding and manipulative, a “strong delusion” which is almost impossible to resist.
And then, of course, it’s but a short step to the ultimate conjurer’s trick, and that’s quite a Puzzle…
See you on the flip side…
https://gizadeathstar.com/2023/04/technecromancy/