China’s Ambition to Harness the Fourth Industrial Revolution Incomparable to America.

Since at least the turn of the century, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been experiencing a significant restructuring.

For starters, it has spent years pursuing a mechanization and “informationization” “double construction” strategy. This “two-track” strategy called for near-term modernization of “existing equipment combined with the selective introduction of new generations of conventional weapons,” as well as a longer-term transformation of the PLA along the lines of the “revolution in military affairs” based on information technology (RMA).

Officially, the PLA targets mechanization and “major progress” toward informationization by 2020, “complete military modernization” by 2035, and “world-class” military status by 2049.

The PLA is currently focused on “informationization” in accordance with this timeline. Informationization refers to the application of information technologies to combined military operations on land, sea, air, space, cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum. It also entails equipping the PLA with new capabilities for long-range strike and disruption by leveraging technology improvements in microelectronics, sensors, propulsion, stealth, and, most importantly, cyber.

In short, the PLA is attempting to move from being a platform-centric force to being a more network-centric force, or a military in which the crucial characteristics of force are the network linkages among platforms, rather than the platforms themselves, as part of its long transition from People’s War to limited local wars under conditions of informationization.

China’s 2015 defense white paper made informationization explicit in PLA operational ideas, deemphasizing land operations in favor of re-emphasizing sea- and air-power. The PLA Navy (PLAN) was to “gradually shift its focus from ‘offshore waters defense’ to the combination of ‘offshore waters defense’ with ‘open seas protection,” while the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) was to “endeavor to shift its focus from territorial air defense to both defense and offense and build an air-space defense force structure that can meet the requirements of informationized operations.”

In addition, “informationized warfare” places a larger emphasis on both space and cyber operations. “outer space is a critical domain in international strategic competition.” China’s 2019 defense white paper declares flatly. As a result, space weaponization is becoming a more common occurrence and a significant future battleground, with China planning to achieve the capability to “enter, exit, and openly use outer space.” At the same time, cyberspace is seen as a “key area for national security, economic growth, and social development,” so the PLA is stepping up its efforts to develop cyberspace capabilities.

Even as it works to implement “informationized warfare,” the PLA is already planning for the next phase of its modernisation, which it refers to as “intelligent” or “intelligentized” warfare. “War is evolving in form towards informationized warfare, and intelligent warfare is on the horizon,” China’s 2019 defense white paper states.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pushed the PLA to speed up the development of military intelligence at the 19th Party Congress in 2017, and this “authoritative exhortation” has “elevated ‘intelligentization’ as a guiding idea for the future of Chinese military modernization.”

Intelligent warfare entails the militarization of the so-called “fourth industrial revolution” in particular (4IR). Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, quantum computing, cloud storage, autonomous unmanned systems, 5G networking, and other 4IR technologies are among the most important.

The 4IR will be critical in China’s future efforts to obtain a technological edge over its competitors. “The Chinese believe artificial intelligence (AI), big data, human-machine hybrid intelligence, swarm intelligence, and automated decision-making, along with AI-enabled autonomous unmanned systems and intelligent robotics, will be the central feature of the emerging economic and military-technical revolutions,” according to a report published in 2019 by the Center for a New American Security.

China considers AI to be a crucial technology that could have significance in its strategic competition with the US. Chinese military analysts believe AI will be the key to China’s military overtaking the United States as the world’s most capable armed force. As a result, China has set forth an ambitious plan to become the world leader in AI by 2030.

Beijing unveiled its “New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan” in July 2017. This plan has three main strategic goals: first, to bring China’s AI sector up to global state-of-the-art levels by 2025; second, to achieve major breakthroughs in basic AI theory by 2025; and third, to make China the global leader in AI theory, technology, and application, as well as the world’s major AI innovation center, by 2030.

Aside from AI, China is attempting to become a world leader in other 4IR technologies such as quantum computing, 5G, robotics, and biotechnology, among others. Beijing sees its strategies to lead in AI and these other technologies as mutually reinforcing; as a result, it is heavily investing in associate technologies, companies (both domestic and foreign), and human capital (for example, through its “Made in China 2025” initiative) in order to realize those global superiority ambitions.

It would be premature to claim that China will soon catch up to the state-of-the-art in defense technology. Despite its claims to being a “informationized” or “intelligent” military, the PLA remains a platform-centric force. Over the last two decades, the majority of its modernization efforts have been focused on developing new combat aircraft, warships, submarines, missiles, and armor. It will take years, if not decades, for the military to become networked or intelligent.

Furthermore, the process of informationization or intelligenceization has been evolutionary in nature: older weaponry and military equipment are gradually replaced, updated, and enhanced, or else augmented by and subordinated to more technologically advanced systems.

Nonetheless, the PLA appears to be making headway toward becoming a really intelligent armed force—a long-term approach, to be sure, but one backed by the Xi regime’s long-term commitment.

America is too busy deciding what gender it is to take initiative and harness the fourth industrial revolution. The possibilities are quite literally endless for the Chinese if they harness the technology available to them. Artificial intelligence is a very dangerous phenomena, however if China seeks to tame it America needs to compete. AI integration with humanity is the goal for the CCP, it’s a race that cannot be stopped now that it is started.

This video is about the origin of AI and what caused China to take it more seriously. Examples like AlphaGo are what demonstrated the sheer power of computing. AI is capable of finding solutions to problems that no human has thought of before. Sounds to me like we are creating an omniscient sentient being with capabilities of solving complex problems in our society that wouldn’t be solved otherwise. Looks to me like someone needs to be there to ride the beast. Revelations 17 should put that into perspective for you as you watch the ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received royal power, but they are to receive authority as kings for one hour, together with the beast.

My advice would be for all to not focus your eyes too hard on all of the controversy. Just get a broad, wholistic perspective on who is out there, who is influencing you, and how you can prepare for the whats to come. I cannot make you look into the tech industry and find the red flags. But just know, our tech savvy youth are finding that there is more work to be found on the “www” than in their areas. So if you’re not looking out for yourself, you wont even know you’ve been blindsided by this AI machine.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is reshaping every sphere of human life — from government to commerce; from education to healthcare. It is even impacting human values, opportunities, relationships and identities by modifying virtual as well as physical worlds of human beings. It is in my firm belief that Christians won’t get access to much of the technologies to come. By choice of course, because that is the nature of the puzzle God has laid out for us. We’ve been given free will to live for the world and repent there after. But to be born again, solidifies your role in this world. We’ve identified ourselves based on the values the bible emphasizes, and used them for the foundation of our very identities. To walk away from that is the unthinkable. Stay inquisitive in the word of God, and the world around you.

A new giant statue installed outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, is being likened to an End Times “beast” described by the Apostle John in Revelation 13:2.

“A guardian for international peace and security sits on the Visitor’s Plaza outside #UN Headquarters. The guardian is a fusion of jaguar and eagle and donated by the Government of Oaxaca, Mexico … It is created by artists Jacobo and Maria Angeles,” the U.N. says in a tweet that includes a photo of the statue.

“Interestingly, 2 beasts recorded in the book of Revelation are said to symbolize political power and were described with leopard like features,” wrote Twitter user Scott Freeze. “Other beasts were recorded with wings to symbolize speed/swiftness. I’m curious where the artists got their inspiration for this work.”

Revelation 13:2 says, “The beast I saw resembled a leopard, but had feet like those of a bear and a mouth like that of a lion. The dragon gave the beast his power and his throne and great authority.”

Daniel 7:2-4 reads, “Daniel said: ‘In my vision at night I looked, and there before me were the four winds of heaven churning up the great sea. Four great beasts, each different from the others, came up out of the sea. The first was like a lion, and it had the wings of an eagle. I watched until its wings were torn off and it was lifted from the ground so that it stood on two feet like a human being, and the mind of a human was given to it.’”

Some Twitter users are also quoting 1 Thessalonians 5:2-3, which is about the End Times, referring to the mention of “peace and security” in the U.N.’s tweet.

The passage reads: “For you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.”

Another user writes, “The end is near.”

“What more proof do we need?” asks another person.

“Did you really think you could put this on without anyone noticing? And by chance, it has been painted in LGBT colors,” writes Michael Snyder on The Economic Collapse blog, calling the statue “one of the strangest statues that I have ever seen in my entire life.”

Personally I cannot comfortably speculate wether or not this is a representation of a beast from revelation. However, the United Nations have a track record that is surely being uncovered by curious Christians seeking to uncover the darker truths about our governing systems. Lucis Trust could be the next bread crumb for some curious readers.

No one man can make sense of this elaborate illusion cast over the common man of society, but collectively we can point out each limitation forced upon us and bring it forward as an injustice to the public. In Matthew 10:34 Jesus says: “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” We’re meant to go down preaching the gospel and guiding others to salvation. This could be considered the bravest task a man or woman of faith could undertake, and it will undoubtedly bear fruit in the kingdom of heaven. Stay inquisitive in the word of God, and the world around you.