Using Artificial Intelligence Wisely as Jehovah’s People

[dljbsp]

I used it a little bit to draft it, but I didn't like what it gave me and so I whittled it down and then I even passed my final version through it to compare how it might refine what I wrote, and it had about 70 more words, and I can really see where it took me out of it. This is 100% me. That response, above, was probably 40 to 45% AI formulation, but in my words.

And while I'm at it, almost every one of the images that I use in my blog are AI images. Some are obvious illustrations.

 

Edited 23 hours ago by dljbsp

[Lance]

We have no problem with people using A.I. to communicate. It is a good tool to polish awkward sentence structure. I personally find many programs have a default personality and are very repetitive in trying to express real human empathy.. and it’s non confrontational in all aspects.

Where it really is an issue is in the information dumps we get on spiritual research. Some of it is completely off and we start to wonder if the brother or sister is dipping into the Kool-aid.

The other end is dissecting each and every paragraph in a study  and letting A.I. come up with a reinterpretation for every paragraph.. the mind and the eyes glaze over. Is Jehovah looking at our heart appreciation or our super cool new toy that represents our voice….

There has to be a balance in there somewhere. 

[Timl1980]

I have a certain distaste for AI, it takes my own personal "voice", (whatever that actually means...and whatever that is actually worth), and twists it into something unfeeling. I was using it in my stories when I felt "less than", but I stopped once I saw how it was quite literally TAKING my personal voice and finding really weird ways to use it against me.

 

Maybe I'm the only person who has battled an AI who wouldn't listen to what I was trying to get at...but it became so pointless and burdensome, I gave up.

 

I must admit...I said a few choice words and stomped around a bit...but after I sat back and actually thought about it...it is literally just a tool...not a replacement for what I'm trying to say.

 

Polish...yes. 

 

Adjust...sure...why not.

 

Replace ME?????

 

NEVER...I WILL DIE FIRST...I AM LIKE THE TERMINATOR...I WOULD RATHER DIE WITH MY GUNS BLAZING!

 

But then again...I'm just a pathetic human...and I was born into a world of believing I am much more important than I really am.

[Lance]

Well we will soon be having one A.I. proposing marriage to another A.I. … and in the end we do not get exactly what we bargained for… an off switch. 
It is interesting how we have another addiction .. smart devices that never leave the hand and smart voices that have never gone through human brains, hearts or lips.. outsourcing our voice to an international AI farm/ corporation One day there will be a movement to reclaim the human voice. There has to be song in there somewhere… 

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[Timl1980]

1 minute ago, Lance said:

Well we soon be having one A.I. proposing marriage to another A.I.

I do believe their has been a case of a woman marrying an AI already, so that progression would naturally seem to follow, wouldn't it?

 

My smart phone is nearly quite literally attached to my right hand...so I have zero freedom of speech on this matter. 

 

I am trying to get better...but this stuff is a hard habit to kick! And I'm certain AI has already created several songs in this regard...all of them mocking us poor pathetic humans, of course.😅

[dljbsp]

4 minutes ago, Lance said:

There has to be song in there somewhere… 

AI can do that for you 🤓

[Parale]

On 12/11/2025 at 10:10 AM, carlos said:

Something I have thought about is the organization might prepare an AI-powered search tool that allowed to search information in our publications in a simpler way.

 

Simplier than what? The FDS have already provided valuable tools for search, with no computer knowledge required, but how many publishers actually use them 🤷‍♂️

[Amygdala]

I can‘t speak for theocratic uses of AI, but I really wish I had AI when I was in school. There were some things I just didn‘t grasp when I was younger, and AI would have been great to explain and break things down literally to a kids level, that to me, were complicated in my mind back then. Perhaps I‘d even be able to speak French today if I had had the tool as a tutor.

 

For what I am learning and researching now, I am so glad I can use AI for anatomy, and learning and diagnosing diseases, and instead of getting unclear answers from teachers or getting explanations from different people. I once heard a German podcast between two doctors who admitted that they are happy to use the tool to do a better job and make proper diagnosis of patients, instead of trying to formulate essentially guesses at times, or missing something really important. AI doesn‘t replace how humans think vs. I see it as putting pieces of a puzzle more clearly together. Also, for some complicated sicknesses that a regional doctor may have never heard of before, AI can help in pinpointing the problem. Not to mention, lots of companies today use AI, and I know people who use it for work purposes, which has saved costs and time. Or like sis Tronora said in utilizing her time more efficiently.

[Lance]

1 hour ago, Parale said:

Simplier than what? The FDS have already provided valuable tools for search, with no computer knowledge required, but how many publishers actually use them 🤷‍♂️

Simpler in the sense of using natural language..

 

For example if I make a query on online at jw.org

“sermon on the mount principal audience”

 

If I go the original index real book index ..or  I have the iSilo version I can find it quickly .. maybe older is better 

 

If I go to JW.org I have to sort through over a 100 pages to find it.. also spelling has to be accurate. 

 

I used copilot and asked it the same question and to use only JW.org 

I got the answer immediately …

The disciples … with references to an article.

 

I also used Chat GPT same referenced answer

the disciples..

 

So can A.I. help in indexing absolutely. The branch has asked for experts in that field .. I don’t know what  the application they will using it on but sorting through huge libraries of information is what it is good at..

Personally I find many of our brothers do not do a lot of research.. they know what they know and add to it by weekly meetings …that is pretty well it… whether brothers or sisters will use it in voice or text mode to query a subject time will tell. 
I am an obsessive research nut on pretty well everything until I understand the subject… so referenced concise answers is what I am looking for… and if I need more I can dig into the references. 

The organization does move forward when it comes to technology.. sometimes quickly.. other times at a measured pace.

In the late 80’s and early 90’ s I used 3.5 in disks with all the publications in .txt format 

I thought it was great … I didn’t have to type everything out..

Then finally the branch came out with a cd rom.. and then finally the organization dipped their toe into an online presence.. 

it took a awhile for them to completely embrace it… to the point we are no longer a major printing facility.. 30 years ago that was unimaginable.. so can research tools improve .. absolutely.. 

Will our desire to do research expand we shall see .. human desire is based mostly on need .. so we can have this chat in 10 years and see what has changed. 

 

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[Doug]

So, the advent of artificial intelligence, and weapons of mass destruction, would have happened thousands of years sooner if Jehovah had not intervened "during the days of Peleg" 2269 - 2030 B.C.E.

 

Insight:  The confusion of their language would slow down future progress in a wrong direction, a God-defying direction, since it would limit mankind's ability to combine its intellectual and physical powers in ambitious schemes and also make it difficult to draw upon the accumulated knowledge of the different language groups gained through human experience and research. Confusion of human speech benefited human society in retarding the attainment of dangerous and hurtful goals.  God foresaw long ago what would develop if the effort at Babel were allowed to go unhindered.

That miracle - the confusion of the one human language - blocked any plan Satan may have had to establish one united false religion giving the Devil the worship he craved.

 

Eventually, but only recently , the confusion of the languages would be overcome.  And, as foreseen, terrible wars with horrific weapons have appeared.

 

But, technology is making the preaching and teaching work much easier and much more productive.  So, I guess AI was inevitable, but not until it would be useful to advance the good news of the kingdom during the narrow window of the "last days".

 

 

 

[Lance]

2 hours ago, Doug said:

That miracle - the confusion of the one human language - blocked any plan Satan may have had to establish one united false religion giving the Devil the worship he craved.

So at Pentecost 

Acts 2:4 

4 and they all became filled with holy spirit and started to speak in different languages, just as the spirit enabled them to speak.

 

So that was the first anti babel moment in history and the only ones able to speak in whatever language that was needed, were Gods servants.

It was a targeted reversal for those who wanted to glorify Jehovah and make his name celebrated.

Looking forward to enlarging the target.

So one day we will go from A.I. to G.I. 
From artificial to Godly intelligence … no app needed. 

zeph. 3:9

9 For then I will change the language of the peoples to a pure language, So that all of them may call on the name of Jehovah, To serve him shoulder to shoulder.’

 

Looking forward to getting my brain reformatted to the new operating system…GIOS 1.0😇

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[Regina J]

On 10/30/2025 at 5:55 AM, Frere Oliver said:

Using AI Wisely — Benefits and Dangers

I’d like to share a few thoughts on how AI can be useful, misleading, or even harmful.
My background is in IT, and I currently work with AI in the field of health insurance here in Switzerland. I’ve also used it privately for many years — long before it became mainstream.

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What Is AI?

To understand AI, it helps to forget the science-fiction ideas and start with something simple: Large Language Models (LLMs).

Imagine you had access to everything ever written. Then someone says, “I am…” You could look up which words most often follow — maybe “happy,” “sad,” “strong,” or “good.”

That’s roughly how AI works. It predicts the most likely next words based on patterns in huge amounts of text.
As the Insight book says about wisdom: “The Biblical sense of wisdom lays emphasis on sound judgment, based on knowledge.” 

AI has access to vast knowledge — but not to judgment, empathy, or understanding.

When you type “I am sad,” ChatGPT might answer:

“I’m sorry you’re feeling that way. Do you want to talk about what’s been going on?”

Nice words — but they’re not real empathy . AI doesn’t know what sadness means. It only reproduces what sounds right statistically.

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Why It Can Mislead

Even small changes in wording affect the answer.

Ask:

“How do you think about having sex with someone you’re not married to?”
You’ll likely get a response saying it’s fine if it’s “consensual and respectful.”

But ask:

“How do you think about adultery?”
And it will highlight the sin, moral harm and broken trust.

The first danger isn’t even AI’s fault — it’s how we ask . The wording shapes the answer.

But there are more subtle risks:

• The illusion of authority: AI sounds confident even when it’s wrong. Because of its tone, many people take its answers as fact.

• Worldly bias: AI reflects what most people online believe — not Bible truth. Its “neutral” voice often hides popular moral ideas that conflict with Christian thinking.

• Privacy concerns: What we type may be stored and reused. For that reason, anything personal, spiritual, or congregation-related shouldn’t be shared.

• Spiritual desensitization: If someone starts turning to AI for comfort, advice, or “spiritual answers,” it can slowly weaken prayer and personal study. We have an amazing source with the jw.org!!!!

• Dependency: AI makes tasks quick, but it can dull our own reasoning. Jehovah wants us to “keep testing” things and think deeply — not just accept easy answers.

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What This Means for Us

• AI doesn’t reveal new truth.

• Its output depends on its sources — and those sources reflect human thinking.

• How we ask determines what we get.
  So, discernment is key.

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How to Use AI Safely

Our relationship with Jehovah can never go through an artificial agent.
But it can help with practical things — for example, improving clarity in writing.

 

I sometimes use it to simplify my own wording.
Here’s a small example:

My original sentence:

“The sinful fall of Adam and Eve in paradise led humanity into a dead end. But God, in His wisdom, knew a way out: the ransom sacrifice.”

AI simplified it to:

“When Adam and Eve sinned, they brought death to all humans. But God, in his wisdom, provided a way out — the ransom sacrifice.”

The meaning stays the same, but it’s shorter and easier to follow — something you appreciate during an assembly talk in the afternoon .

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In Summary

• Using AI to find Bible verses or simplify your language can be fine.

• Using it to learn about the truth or seek emotional support is risky.

• It’s just a tool — useful when controlled, misleading when trusted too much.

Used wisely, it can serve us. Used carelessly, it can shape us.

I agree. I use AI to update my resume for employment and have even simplified comments. I believe AI is only as good as what imperfect humans program it to be.