In a new gospel workshop video from the Church, Elder Gerrit W. Gong provides gospel-centered guideposts to help us govern the use of artificial intelligence in our personal lives.
Phones, watches, doorbells, cars, factories and energy grids are increasingly becoming connected, all collecting and communicating information to be interpreted, analyzed, and acted upon. In this hour-long video, Elder Gong teaches guiding principles for safely navigating artificial intelligence while continuing to hear God’s voice.
“Can artificial intelligence replace God?” he asks. “That question may sound provocative, but in an age when we turn to algorithms for answers, guidance and even comfort, it matters deeply. Artificial intelligence can answer questions, but it cannot answer prayers. It can organize information, but it cannot offer revelation, covenant connection, or divine truth.”
Elder Gong explains that tools like AI and chatbots may help further, but can never replace, your relationship with Deity, your community, the natural world, and yourself.
Watch the 59-minute video “Faith, Dignity and Human Flourishing: Hearing God’s Voice in an Age of Artificial Intelligence:”
“Artificial intelligence can answer questions, but it cannot answer prayers,” he explains. “It can organize information, but it cannot offer revelation, covenant connection or divine truth.”
However, as with all technology, Latter-day Saints can wisely use AI as a tool to further four core relationships as disciples of Jesus Christ.
“Please let wise use of AI deepen, not diminish, your relationship with God (Thou), self (I), each other (They), and natural environment (It),” he teaches.
“In our personal lives, please use AI for logistics and drafts, but not as a substitute for trusted relationships,” Elder Gong says. “Set boundaries. If you feel tempted to confide more in a chatbot than in a parent, leader or friend, may I invite you to reach out — today, now — to a real person who knows and loves you.”
Acknowledging that some seek AI advice on matters of human judgment, interest and even things of the heart, “please begin by knowing God’s plan for you,” he urges. “You are not a random data point in an unfeeling algorithm.”
Elder Gong provides three “gospel-centered guideposts” for using AI:
- Rely on the Spirit.
- Practice wisdom.
- Choose trusted sources.
“Technology can inform us, but it cannot transform us without the Spirit,” he says. “Let us use every tool wisely to point us toward experiences that deepen faith, strengthen families, and renew our wonder in God’s world.”
How to Watch
Watch the video on YouTube. It will soon be available in Gospel Library and Gospel Media in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Video Episodes
Church social media channels, including Elder Gong’s YouTube channel, will feature shorter segments of the video in the coming days and weeks, and “Come, Follow Me” will link to them as teaching resources.
- Episode I: An Issue Defining our Day
- Episode II: AI and our Relationship with God (Thou)
- Episode III: AI and our Relationship with Self (I)
- Episode IV: AI and our Relationship with Others (They)
- Episode V: AI and our Relationship with the Environment and Natural World (It)”
- Episode VI: Concluding Thoughts on Hearing God’s Voice in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
- Additional Insights: Hearing God’s Voice in an Age of Artificial Intelligence
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