On a recent episode of The Daniel Kolenda Show, evangelist Daniel Kolenda and New York City pastor Mike Signorelli sounded the alarm about where today’s rapidly advancing technology is headed and how it could intersect with the end-times beast system.
Kolenda recalled hearing a leading AI architect boast that once AI reaches “universal general intelligence,” it will “have the answers for all of our questions,” even claiming it could solve “peace in the Middle East.” Kolenda admitted this jolted him back to what he’d been taught as a child: that the Antichrist would appear with a solution to the Middle East crisis. Connecting the dots, he asked, “Could it be that people start looking to these artificial sources of intelligence as God, as a messiah, as a savior kind of figure?”
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Signorelli believes that’s precisely the direction the world is heading.
“What I said was… I believe that it is going it’s an integral part of how you get the Antichrist and the Antichrist system,” he explained. To him, AI is not the beast itself, but a crucial part of its infrastructure.
He likened our moment to a digital reboot of Genesis 11. “We now have grown a digital… tower of Babel,” he warned. Instant translation, global connectivity, and algorithmic control are producing a counterfeit unity that looks impressive on the surface but is rooted in rebellion against God.
Right now, Signorelli concedes, AI is in a kind of “sweet spot” where it can still be used for tremendous good. He believes, “in 2026 we’re going to see massive medical breakthroughs, and you’re going to see announcements of things being cured or near curable,” which will cause the masses to embrace it wholeheartedly. “The only way that the masses will embrace it is it cannot show up as evil. It has to show up as good, a benefit,” he said.
But he also sees a tipping point coming—especially tied to the next generation.
Signorelli warned that as AI merges with entertainment and identity, “2026 is going to actually bring the rise of the AI influencer where it starts to become indiscernible, and your favorite character online isn’t real.”
With each new generation growing up more immersed in screens and algorithms, he believes many will quietly make a devastating exchange: “To me, it makes sense that it’s like I can talk to God or I can talk to AI… I can pray for a miracle through God, or I can get a miracle through this AI, this technological advancement.”
That equation, he says, is where the spiritual danger explodes. AI becomes a “demonic counterfeit of the Holy Spirit”—a voice that seems ever-present, ever-helpful, always answering, yet drawing hearts away from the living God.
At the same time, both Kolenda and Signorelli believe this dark backdrop will make genuine, Spirit-anointed ministry shine brighter. As deepfakes, bots and synthetic “influencers” blur reality, people will hunger for what is real. Stadium gatherings, in-person preaching and raw encounters with the power of God may become the very thing that cuts through the digital noise.
While a beast system is quietly being assembled in the background, God is raising up a generation who will refuse to bow to a silicon savior—and will preach Jesus with more clarity and courage than ever before.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the upcoming book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment.
