On Earth as it is in Heaven: Apocalyptic AI and Ethical Alignment with the Lamb

A reading of biblical passages like Rev 7:9-17 as a checklist of what must happen to bring about the apocalypse is an ethical hermeneutic that some scholars call consequentialism—the ends justify the means, in this case, the means of using AI to reach "the nations." AI alignment with human good is systemically, developmentally, and theoretically problematic and yet AI proves incredibly influential in an age in which information flow is power. There is no good news of Christian witness when our ethic is simply to reach as many people as possible with information despite the harm of our methods. Such consequentialism aligns evangelical Christians with a culture of power and the politics of Babylon. Creative imaginings of better alignment for evangelical readers may by sustained by post-conservative theological interpretations of apocalyptic scripture.