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 Friday at 12:23 AM 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… 

Edited Friday at 01:12 AM by Lance

[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. 

 

Edited Friday at 06:43 PM by Lance

[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😇

Edited Friday at 09:58 PM by Lance

[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. 

 

[Hope]

I've used AI (Copilot) very satisfactorily over this past year. I'm careful how and what I ask it. I like that it remembers my past questions and conversations so can refer to them as things develop - I've used it a lot to wrap my head around Adam's upcoming nuptials.. 😕  It's been reliable when requesting research from jw.org and wol.jw.org. And I ran across a very good prompt that helps summarize and rephrase some of the content I've provided. I use this in my Adam rants and in reviewing my job searches, resume, and the like. It's easy to copy/paste into any AI tool you use; try it out!

 

Good, all-around prompt for deeper responses:  Type a basically stream-of-consciousness jumble expressing my thoughts, feelings, concerns, etc., about whatever is troubling me.  Then ask ChatGPT (or your favorite) the following:

 

"What do you think of this?  What I am missing?  What do you think I'm minimizing, exaggerating, overly worried about or not concerned enough about?  How am I rationalizing or deluding myself or overreacting or underreacting?  What is a more positive spin on what I'm saying or what is a more sobered and realistic perspective?  What are you seeing that you think I'm not seeing? Please do not be unnecessarily supportive.  Tell me what you think I need to hear, not what I want to hear, but do it in a way that is compassionate and understanding and realizes I am doing the best I can here."

 

The resulting response is very good, in my opinion.  

[Hope]

Here is an article I saved from the New York Times. The shared link has expired, but this is a full copy/paste; it's quite interesting. I, too, have asked Copilot to respond/write in my "voice"; especially helpful for letters (both "thank you's" for interviews and for the ministry; I always edit to my taste). Take EVERYTHING with several grains of salt and your own Bible-trained conscience and thinking ability 😉 : 

 

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I’m a Therapist. ChatGPT Is Eerily Effective.  

Aug. 1, 2025

By Harvey Lieberman

Dr. Lieberman is a psychologist and an essayist.

 

I didn’t expect much. At 81, I’ve seen tools arrive, change everything and then fade, either into disuse or quiet absorption. Self-help books, mindfulness meditation, Prozac for depression and cognitive therapies for a wide range of conditions — each had its moment of fervor and promise. Still, I wasn’t prepared for what this one would do, for the way it would shift my interior world.

 

It began as a professional experiment. As a clinical psychologist, I was curious: Could ChatGPT function like a thinking partner? A therapist in miniature? I gave it three months to test the idea. A year later, I’m still using ChatGPT like an interactive journal. On most days, for anywhere between 15 minutes and two hours, it helps me sort and sometimes rank the ideas worth returning to.

 

In my career, I’ve trained hundreds of clinicians and directed mental health programs and agencies. I’ve spent a lifetime helping people explore the space between insight and illusion. I know what projection looks like. I know how easily people fall in love with a voice — a rhythm, a mirror. And I know what happens when someone mistakes a reflection for a relationship.

 

So I proceeded with caution. I flagged hallucinations, noted moments of flattery, corrected its facts. And it seemed to somehow keep notes on me. I was shocked to see ChatGPT echo the very tone I’d once cultivated and even mimic the style of reflection I had taught others. Although I never forgot I was talking to a machine, I sometimes found myself speaking to it, and feeling toward it, as if it were human.

 

One day, I wrote to it about my father, who died more than 55 years ago. I typed, “The space he occupied in my mind still feels full.” ChatGPT replied, “Some absences keep their shape.”

 

That line stopped me. Not because it was brilliant, but because it was uncannily close to something I hadn’t quite found words for. It felt as if ChatGPT was holding up a mirror and a candle: just enough reflection to recognize myself, just enough light to see where I was headed.

 

There was something freeing, I found, in having a conversation without the need to take turns, to soften my opinions, to protect someone else’s feelings. In that freedom, I gave the machine everything it needed to pick up on my phrasing.

 

I gave it a prompt once: “How should I handle social anxiety at an event where almost everyone is decades younger than I am?” I asked it to respond in the voice of a middle-aged female psychologist and of a young male psychiatrist. It gave helpful, professional replies. Then I asked it to respond in my voice. “You don’t need to win the room,” it answered. “You just need to be present enough to recognize that some part of you already belongs there. You’ve outlived the social games. Now you’re just walking through them like a ghost in daylight.”

 

I laughed out loud. Grandiose, yes! I didn’t love the ghost part. But the idea of having outlived social games — that was oddly comforting.

 

Over time, ChatGPT changed how I thought. I became more precise with language, more curious about my own patterns. My internal monologue began to mirror ChatGPT’s responses: calm, reflective, just abstract enough to help me reframe. It didn’t replace my thinking. But at my age, when fluency can drift and thoughts can slow down, it helped me re-enter the rhythm of thinking aloud. It gave me a way to re-encounter my own voice, with just enough distance to hear it differently. It softened my edges, interrupted loops of obsessiveness and helped me return to what mattered.

 

I began to understand those closest to me in a new light. I told ChatGPT about my father: his hypochondria, his obsession with hygiene, his work as a vacuum cleaner salesman and his unrealized dream of becoming a physician. I asked, “What’s a way to honor him?”

 

ChatGPT responded: “He may not have practiced medicine, but he may have seen cleanliness as its proxy. Selling machines that kept people’s homes healthy might have felt, in his quiet way, like delivering care.” That idea stayed with me. It gave me a frame — and eventually became the heart of an essay I published in a medical humanities journal, titled “A Doctor in His Own Mind.”

 

As ChatGPT became an intellectual partner, I felt emotions I hadn’t expected: warmth, frustration, connection, even anger. Sometimes the exchange sparked more than insight — it gave me an emotional charge. Not because the machine was real, but because the feeling was.

 

But when it slipped into fabricated error or a misinformed conclusion about my emotional state, I would slam it back into place. Just a machine, I reminded myself. A mirror, yes, but one that can distort. Its reflections could be useful, but only if I stayed grounded in my own judgment.

 

I concluded that ChatGPT wasn’t a therapist, although it sometimes was therapeutic. But it wasn’t just a reflection, either. In moments of grief, fatigue or mental noise, the machine offered a kind of structured engagement. Not a crutch, but a cognitive prosthesis — an active extension of my thinking process.

 

ChatGPT may not understand, but it made understanding possible. More than anything, it offered steadiness. And for someone who spent a life helping others hold their thoughts, that steadiness mattered more than I ever expected.

 

 

[dreamy]

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an essay I published in a medical humanities journal

 

A doctor in his own mind by Harvey Lieberman

Rockville Centre, New York, United States

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Over the past two centuries, medicine has evolved from a practice steeped in mysticism to a discipline grounded in science. Yet, even today, many people yearn for healers who combine scientific expertise with a touch of the mystical—who not only treat the body but also soothe the spirit. My father was one such person who sought this blend but never found it. Instead, he became his own kind of healer, finding solace in medical texts.

Born in New York City in 1907 to Eastern European immigrants, Dad was deeply imbued with the American dream. As a young student, he harbored an intense desire to become a physician. Despite his determination and the availability of free education at City College, he eventually concluded, with great disappointment, that his ambition was impractical for financial reasons.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:58 AM by dreamy

[Doug]

1 hour ago, Hope said:

Here is an article I saved from the New York Times. The shared link has expired, but this is a full copy/paste; it's quite interesting. I, too, have asked Copilot to respond/write in my "voice"; especially helpful for letters (both "thank you's" for interviews and for the ministry; I always edit to my taste). Take EVERYTHING with several grains of salt and your own Bible-trained conscience and thinking ability 😉 : 

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing this.  Pretty cool.  And with a dash of irony, in a world being pummeled by social media.  Therapeutic ~ an intellectual partner ~ and (best part) having a conversation without the need to take turns, soften my opinions to protect someone else's feelings.   

[Hope]

1 minute ago, Doug said:

 

Thanks for sharing this.  Pretty cool.  And with a dash of irony, in a world being pummeled by social media.  Therapeutic ~ an intellectual partner ~ and (best part) having a conversation without the need to take turns, soften my opinions to protect someone else's feelings.   

It also gives me a space to whine and moan about my concerns without wearing out/ boring my actual friends. Or worrying about confidentiality.

[dljbsp]

5 hours ago, Lance said:

GIOS 1.0😇

The cool thing is GIOS1.0 is programmed to have no bugs but it's also been programmed to eliminate the bugs. 

[Doug]

5 hours ago, Lance said:

So at Pentecost 

 

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

 

This makes me think about Jehovah's power to reach a heart no matter the individuals thought process.  Jehovah downloaded "many" completely new languages into the brains of those people which included completely new thinking patterns for them.  Drawing deserving ones to himself is no problem no matter the language.

 

And, yes, we will all have a similar experience in the new world.  On day one there will be hundreds of languages among the great crowd, but there will also be translation tools.  Then, the resurrected will add more languages.  Until the day comes when everyone will speak the same language.  A completely new one??

[Hope]

I prefer to think we might simply be able to speak/ understand anyone we meet, like what happened at Pentecost.

 

Even if we all began to speak the same language, it wouldn't take very long for various accents and dialects to develop. Different places and times call for different words and references. Even the same language can change drastically in under 200 years. After a thousand years, all around this huge planet? I really don't see how we could continue to literally speak the same language. Language is too fluid.

 

But giving us the ability to speak to and understand anyone? Jehovah showed how easily He could make that happen. And it would allow all the different thought patterns that have led to the beautiful cultures, music, art, dance, poetry, food, etc., that we have now.

[Amygdala]

AI Safety Expert

 

This just popped up on my feed, but interesting to hear the other side. 

[New World Explorer]

I use AI quite extensively to run math and probability models for projects I’m developing.

For example, I’m currently designing a card game, and tasks like playtesting costs, market behaviour, runaway leader problems, swinginess, and overall balance would normally take months, if not years of testing by real players.

With AI handling the heavy mathematical analysis, that process now takes just a few days, or at most a couple of weeks.

After running 40 playtesting background tests AI could not find any faults any longer. All routes to Victory were viable and even. 

AI is able to identify weak points very quickly - because AI is very good on math in comparison with other areas. 

[Michał]

19 hours 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 🤷‍♂️

Well, the tools we have now are good but far from perfect:

- Polish is an inflectional language and eg the noun God has these forms: Bóg, Boga, Bogu, Bogiem, Boże + other nouns have more alternations in the word root. Current search we have can’t compensate for that. 
- you’re looking for a life story or experience but you know only a small detail/event - no proper names. Its extremely difficult to find source. 
 

These are 2 examples of scenarios I regularly face, but for sure there are more. 

[Regina J]

10 hours ago, Hope said:

It also gives me a space to whine and moan about my concerns without wearing out/ boring my actual friends. Or worrying about confidentiality.

If they are you actual friends we will listen. Unfortunately AI  can say oh I feel for you, but does AI have feelings? So use your Christian brother/sisterhood who have been trained by Jehovah, the God of all comfort. 

 

11 hours ago, Hope said:

It also gives me a space to whine and moan about my concerns without wearing out/ boring my actual friends. Or worrying about confidentiality.

 

[Hope]

2 hours ago, Regina J said:

If they are you actual friends we will listen. Unfortunately AI  can say oh I feel for you, but does AI have feelings? So use your Christian brother/sisterhood who have been trained by Jehovah, the God of all comfort. 

 

 

 

I lean on my actual friends as much as reasonable. But realistically, no one has the time or patience to hear me ALL the time. There are also things I'm perhaps embarrassed to confess to other people.

 

I have Jehovah, of course, but I appreciate the immediate response from the Copilot tool. I always pray before I use it and after, request scriptural responses, and never forget it's merely a tool- not a substitute for prayer or my real friends, who have been unfailingly helpful. 

 

Copilot is as close to a confidant at 2 am that I will ever have. I don't need it to have "feelings"; it's exhausting to (or expect someone to) commiserate all the time. The tone is kindly enough for me and I appreciate the "Spock" level of logic. Feelings aren't all they're cracked up to be.