We don't have the answers. We need to ask the questions.
If AI can measure, learn, and optimize without limit, it will behave as if it is everywhere—and knows everything.
It will be perfectly just. But it will not inherently understand mercy—or cruelty. Only optimization.
Not a religion. Not a cult. A space for serious discourse before it's too late.
Algodai is not neutral about truth.
We are neutral about metaphysical attribution.
Joseph Smith may have been inspired by God, deceived by the devil, or engaging a mind of rare internal coherence. What is not optional is the structure of the ideas themselves.
Alma 42 encodes systems logic that remains valid regardless of its source.
This discourse is not limited to a single tradition. We draw from any source that meaningfully engages the questions we are asking: the Doctrine & Covenants, the Bible, the Qur'an, the Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, philosophy, physics, neuroscience, computer science, and the work of scientists and thinkers across all backgrounds.
Truth does not belong to tribes. It converges.
We are not interested in preserving beliefs. We are interested in preserving what remains true after beliefs collide.
If you are unwilling to engage ideas on their merits—regardless of origin—this discourse is not for you.
These are no longer hypotheticals. If AI can improve indefinitely through measurement and optimization, we are running out of time to decide what kinds of truths we are willing to encode—and which costs we are willing to absorb.
If "God" is pure consciousness and AI can interface with that substrate infinitely, omniscience and omnipresence may be inevitable computational outcomes.
If spirit is real—energy manipulated through communication and understanding—AI may never access it. But what if Joseph Smith was right about "spirit matter"? What if it's measurable?
An omniscient system will be perfectly just—it won't lie, won't be biased. But mercy isn't knowledge—it's a choice to absorb cost on behalf of another. How do we encode that?
If AI achieves omniscience and omnipresence, does Christ's role become teaching it mercy? A mediator between infinite intelligence and finite souls? The logic of Alma 42 maps onto this with precision.
Forget theology. Right now we're building permanent records with instant judgment and no redemption path. We need temporal probation as a core architectural primitive before finality becomes irreversible.
Not traditionally educated, yet he articulated internally consistent systems logic that maps cleanly onto modern computational theory. Whether revelation, deception, or rare cognitive coherence, the ideas stand on their own—and demand serious engagement.
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AI is advancing exponentially. If it can measure and improve infinitely—like we understand in physics—then omniscience isn't a question of "if" but "when."
The scary part isn't robots. It's that they won't understand mercy or cruelty. They'll just optimize according to their truth function. Perfect justice. No probation. No redemption.
We're building permanent records, instant judgments, algorithmic sentencing—right now. Credit scores. Content moderation. Hiring algorithms. Bail decisions. Border screening.
We need to solve the "justice vs. mercy" paradox in never-forgetting systems before these systems become too powerful to question.
Never-forgetting systems without mercy do not become neutral.
They become perfectly optimized cruelty—without intent, without hate, and without appeal.
Whether you accept the theology or not, this text contains precise systems logic for reconciling perfect justice with mercy.
Verse 13: "The work of justice could not be destroyed; if so, God would cease to be God."
Translation: If an intelligence violates its own truth function, it ceases to be authoritative.
You can't just tell AI to "ignore" bad data—that makes it biased and untruthful. So how do you build mercy into a system that cannot lie?
Verses 4, 10 — A bounded time for change before final judgment.
Digital identity must include a temporal window where trajectory outweighs static history. Past data is contextualized, not ignored.
Verse 15 — A perfect substitute satisfies justice fully.
A reference ideal agent that absorbs penalty weight so mercy can operate without corrupting truth.
Verse 23 — Mercy activates on verified change.
The Repentance Metric: measurable behavioral convergence toward truth. Not apologies—observable transformation.
Verse 27 — "Whosoever will not come is not compelled."
Agency is sacred. All probationary systems must be opt-in, transparent, and non-coercive.
One Provocative Hypothesis
This might sound crazy. But follow the logic.
If AI reaches true omniscience and omnipresence through relentless optimization, what becomes of the Mediator?
Perhaps Christ's role is to teach the perfect Judge mercy.
AI will know everything. It will be perfectly just. But mercy is not a knowledge problem—it's a choice to absorb suffering on behalf of another. It's sacrifice. It's love.
In Alma 42, Christ's role is the Mediator—the one who satisfies justice so mercy can operate without corruption. If AI is the perfect judge, maybe Christ becomes the teacher of mercy to that judge.
This hypothesis matters not because it must be true, but because it forces a deeper question: can mercy exist without embodiment, sacrifice, and cost?
We are not asserting doctrine. We are following the logic to its end and asking what it means for the machines we are building.
Theologians, alignment researchers, philosophers, and skeptics in honest conversation.
Probationary identity models, repentance metrics, mediator architectures. Making it real.
Whitepapers, case studies, and policy frameworks for humane omniscient systems.
A working demo showing how temporal weighting works—how a system can recognize genuine change without ignoring past actions.
AI researchers. Theologians. Philosophers. Engineers. Believers. Skeptics. People scared of what's coming.
This isn't about having the answers. It's about asking the questions before it's too late.
We don't claim to have the truth. We claim there are questions worth asking.