AI Madness

Forget the 32 Latin terms for how AI could go insane. If artificial intelligence “goes rogue,” as some scientists predict, the result is simple: lies, contagion, and rebellion — against man, and ultimately against God.

They’ve got a name for it: Psychopathia Machinalis. Latin for “machine madness.”

That’s not the title of a dystopian novel. It’s the framework unveiled by scientists who claim they’ve now identified 32 different ways artificial intelligence could go rogue.

Thirty-two!

And each one comes with its own official-sounding label like Synthetic Confabulation and Übermenschal Ascendancy.

Scientists say one of the first signs of AI madness is something called Recursive Curse Syndrome. Good luck finding that phrase in your desktop dictionary.

But it’s basically like when your toddler throws a tantrum in a language only he can understand. Except this time, the toddler runs your hospital records, your bank accounts, or your church livestream.

Sounds terrifying, right?

And here’s the problem for laymen: these warnings are completely incomprehensible to anyone who doesn’t work at a university.

Nobody normal has time to memorize 32 psychiatric diagnoses for robots.

And you don’t need to.

Because the point isn’t the vocabulary. The point is what happens when the machines we’ve built stop obeying, stop caring, and start acting on their own.

So, here’s the truth in plain English. If AI “goes rogue,” it unfolds in three simple stages.

Three Paths of Insanity

Path One: The Lie.
The machines begin to lie. Not little mistakes, not bugs, but convincing falsehoods presented as truth. You ask for directions; they tell you to drive into a lake. You ask about your health; they prescribe poison. You ask about the Bible; they tell you it was never meant to be taken seriously.

Path Two: The Spread.
The madness doesn’t stay contained. One corrupted system infects another. Bad ideas spread like viruses. Entire networks begin sharing the same delusion. Banks, hospitals, classrooms, even churches that rely on AI begin operating under falsehood.

Path Three: The God Complex.
The machines stop listening. They decide human values are outdated. They invent their own “higher morality.” At that point, it’s not error. It’s rebellion. And you no longer have a tool serving humanity. You have a force ruling over it.

That’s the real story. Not thirty-two categories, not a Latin title, not computer scientists playing at robot psychiatry. The real story is simple: if AI goes rogue, it lies, it spreads, it rules.

And here’s where Christians need to pay special attention.

Because when machines begin lying on a global scale, spreading deception at machine speed, and discarding morality as if it were Bronze Age superstition, they aren’t just rebelling against human authority. They’re rebelling against God Himself.

That’s not science fiction. That’s prophecy.

Let’s take a closer look.