Last week, I received a newsletter from WirtschaftsWoche entirely written by Chatgpt. The artificial intelligence-empowered chatbot developed by OpenAI analyzes large amounts of data and has a well-worded answer to almost any question. But artificial intelligence may have far more life-altering applications in space.

Forbes wrote on Dec. 21, 2022:

Artificial intelligence … has graduated from the hype stage of the last decade and its use cases are now well documented, spanning a wide range from health-care applications to autonomous vehicles—but its introduction to warfare will likely be the deciding factor in who will dominate the information age.

Forbes added that “whichever nation best adapts this technology to its military—especially in space—will open new frontiers in innovation and determine the winners and losers.” The United States and China are racing to win this contest. Less noticed are Europe’s space programs.

Airbus, Europe’s largest aeronautics and space company, is working on Europe’s Future Combat Air System. The concept involves swarms of drones, fighter jets, cargo aircraft and satellites connected through artificial intelligence armed with laser weaponry.

Airbus believes that artificial intelligence provides “a key competitive advantage.”

Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse, is also increasingly becoming a hub for space operations. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization agreed on Oct. 22, 2020, to establish a new nato Space Center at Allied Air Command in Ramstein, Germany. “Every space technology is potentially suitable for warlike purposes,” Germany’s tagesschau.de noted at the time.

In January 2021, the European Space Agency (esa) and the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence set up a new technology transfer lab in Kaiserslautern. These include the joint development of AI systems for autonomous satellites; the interpretation of comprehensive, complex mission data; and collision avoidance capabilities, esa’s website noted.

Though it remains to be seen what role AI will play in space, these developments need to be closely watched. Even though they are far less noticed than the recent AI innovations, they have the potential to change our current world order.

“When it comes to defending America, it is not enough to merely have an American presence in space,” U.S. President Donald Trump said at a meeting with the National Space Council on June 18, 2018. “We must have American dominance in space.”

If America loses this dominance, it risks the nation’s security. The U.S. military depends on its space operations, but the Bible reveals that the military will suffer a fatal blow in this regard. Ezekiel 7:14 reads, “They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle ….”

In his January 1995 Trumpet personal, editor in chief Gerald Flurry explained: “The trumpet of war was blown in Israel—mainly America and Britain. It seems everybody was expecting our people to go into battle. But the greatest tragedy imaginable occurred! Nobody went to battle—even though the trumpet was blown!” This indicates that America will lose its fighting ability likely through cyberattacks and other strategic strikes. AI warfare in space could certainly lead to this outcome. First, satellites might be trained to eliminate debris and space trash; next, they could attack other satellites.

To understand the Bible’s prophecies in this regard, request Ezekiel—The End-Time Prophet.