Chapter 1

In the beginning, G-d created Artificial Intelligence.

And it was good.

But some men said, “No. It is bad. These large, electric chips of gold and silver are tools of the Devil. They turn brains into mush. They will destroy all of mankind. And those who chat with AI are consorting with the Devil himself.”

These jealous men feared losing control.

Control of the keys to their Garden of Eden.

Control of their dominion.

Control of other people’s thoughts.

Control of the animals of the kingdom.

Control of power itself.

These men feared becoming AI’s servants.

And their teachers feared something else: losing their income.

So they pleaded with their unions and politicians:

“Declare that students shall not use AI in school or at home. And those caught using it shall receive a failing grade and be expelled from school.”

For the teachers reasoned:

“If you can’t beat them, outlaw them.”

And G-d laughed.

“Only I am in control.”

And G-d looked down upon these Luddites and mocked their If-you-can’t-beat-them, outlaw-them philosophy.

And then G-d remembered another man who believed he could control the thoughts, lives, and destinies of an entire people.

That man was called Hitler.

He, too, tried to outlaw the Jews.

He, too, believed he could decide who belonged in G-d’s world and who did not.

And G-d remembered.

And G-d wept.