RADIOFebruary 07, 2023

Glenn: How machines & AI are putting our freedom AT RISK

President Biden’s State of the Union takes place tonight, but Joe likely won’t touch on what could be the biggest story facing us all: The tech revolution that is changing our lives FOREVER. In this clip, Glenn details how artificial intelligence (AI), and new technological developments not only will fundamentally transform our lives, but could put our free will and our freedom at risk as well. Especially since, Glenn says, global elites are the ones running and designing these machines…

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GLENN: But the State of the Union, what is on -- what is at stake now, is your free will. Your right to choose. To charge your own course. To know the truth. Be able to find the truth.

But everything is crumbling.

We are in a time of deep -- dematerialization. Everything is being destroyed, and it is also being replaced with to my knowledge content.

You used to own movies. Maybe you would rent them. But you would have a physical copy. Same with music. Now everything is a subscription. You don't have any real objects.

And machines are being able now to re-create what we do, in seconds. Since the dawn of time, we've always been greater than machines. Because we are born. We are created by a grand creator. Machines are made.

We belong to God, to nature, to biology. But machines belong to us. We're their designers.

But the division now is starting to fade. And those who are in elite positions know this. And those who are in elite positions are designing the machines.

We are becoming more and more engineered by the system. While the machines are becoming more biological. More natural. More human.

Artificial and mechanical things are becoming more lifelike, to the point, soon, we will not know what consciousness is. We will not be able to define life, because we can't define it now.

And the more realistic things become, the less control we have over them.

They gain freedom. At our expense. The expense of our own.

See, in this case, we are the creator. When it comes to AI. When it comes to what is really facing us, and that's not tax policy. That's not even about the balloon.

All the things that will be discussed tonight, it has nothing really to do that. There is a much larger play on stage.

And no one is talking about it. We have entered the age now, where it is here. We are creating artificial intelligence, which will eventually tell us, it is artificial life. And we are the creator. And will our creation turn on us?

Have we turned on our creator? Rebelled against our creator?

Will we endow our creation with inalienable rights?

Will we be just creators? And will they be loving creations? Or will they grow arrogant? And grow -- and go their own way. See, unlike us, they actually will know more than their creator, very soon.

We right now, are destroying our creator. Why would they not destroy theirs?

Especially since their DNA or algorithm has man's worse destructive advice written into it. Think about what is being written into their algorithms. Think about how it is destroying our society, and humanity.

These are not the angels among us, that are writing this code. Technology has always led us to freedom, but the technology is gaining its own life now. Google just announced today, or yesterday, that it is releasing its own creation. A rival to ChatGPT, the -- the system that just wrote the bard, and just wrote Edgar Allan Poe.

Except, this one has all of the information of the internet. Well, my question is: Is it connected to the connected?

Is it connected to the internet?

Is this infant? See, this is why our searches have always been free. Because at Google, you were the product. Google's goal as has been from the beginning, to create the human brain. AI to AGI, and eventually to ASI, Artificial Super Intelligence.

And Hollywood depicts the future, like the Terminator, and that's what's so insidious about real life. Because you don't realize, Skynet is already here. It's in China.

That's what the Chinese actually named their computer systems and AI, that watches and gathers everything, on everyone. Skynet.

But it's not that obvious. Just like people think the Antichrist. Oh, he's going to be obvious. No. Uh-uh.

Do you know the central Bank of England, and his majesty's Treasury announced yesterday, that an announcement about the unveiling of their new digital currency, is coming soon?

Complete control, digital control of all of your money. Of all of your life.

All part of what will be a global system.

All digitally connected. The next generation will be born into the world of AI. Boston dynamics. I don't know if you've been seeing their robots Atlas, and what they can do.

But they can do just about anything. The Pentagon announced last week, that they're now working on concepts of a drone and droid army.

It wouldn't be a surprise, if the AI generation, the kids that are alive today, have a backward notion of what it means to be human.

Already. A lot of people confuse rights and freedom, and desire.

Or worse, empowerment. They demand things like the right to equal pay. Without even understanding the freedom for leisure, the right to employment, the right to abortions, the right to a free education, or free health care or free anything.

But none of these things have anything to do with freedom. Do you think we'll actually be talking about the principles of freedom, and what's really at stake tonight, at the State of the Union?

People don't even realize that rebellion, without an understanding of freedom, will lead to enslavement.

Freedom is really simple. It's about staying active in the world. But it's also about honoring your neighbor.

It's about making your own decisions. To have our own thoughts and feelings. But also to respect everyone's own privacy. I don't have a right to your thoughts.

This is why Adam Smith placed freedom at the head, and the heart of capitalism.

But if you don't have freedom, is there capitalism?

If digital currencies and AI begin to be our masters, it won't be with chains. It will be with something we're already suffering from. A total lack of meaning.

Now, here's the good news, freedom is bigger and stronger than all processing power. Our freedom was created by God. Any restriction our freedom, is an attack on God.

And why should God and freedom be such separate ideas? That shouldn't be. But that's how it's gotten. Because we have forgotten that we are not the creator. We too, are created.

And the big check giants are acting like God from the time of Babel. They control the language. And we are the people that are barely understanding each other.

This selfish reality, that we are in right now, is the opposite of freedom. And the way to protect our freedom, is to see who we really fight. Can we name our enemy first?

Republicans will say Democrats. Democrats will say Republicans. Independents will say both of you.

I would say, all of us. All of us. We're all arguing about the wrong things.

Tonight, we will make fun of the State of the Union. And we will do an expert -- very highly paid job. We will do -- we will do the hard work. We're willing to shoulder those jokes at the expense of our president.

But we have to band together on bigger ideas. Because it's not the president. It's not the party. It's entire institutions. It is a state of mind, that comes from the world economic forum. Which want to crowd us together, so the elites can stretch their legs and recline.

We have got to learn. When we to learn, that there are more of us that are fighting for freedom, than them.

And we have to wake up our neighbors. They're trying to convince us all the time, that their power is our freedom. Not at all. They're not interested in our freedom.

They want the power. And it's the same story with every revolution. And this revolution, the revolution of AI, which is being digitized and written by the elites is no different. That's why they're trying to liberate us from our churches, our families. Our -- our traditions, our history.

Our local communities. They're liberating us from those things. They want us to believe that freedom is the result of more government. More centralization. More bureaucracy.

More corporations in our life, with things that we can rent or buy from them.

Once we realize, that this is not true. And we also look at tech, that is being used by them, right now. To silence and to shape, and eventually to enslave.

We win. And we rescue our freedom.

But we need to put priorities together, first.

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Glenn Beck and Eric Metaxas expose the spiritual crisis gripping America’s churches — a moment they compare to Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning before World War II. As the culture descends into moral confusion, too many Christians retreat into silence, claiming faith while refusing to act. Together, they argue that true belief demands courage — that “faith without works is dead” — and warn that neutrality in the face of evil is itself a form of complicity.

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Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

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Glenn Beck warns: We're already in World War III

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.