SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is providing guideposts for its members to use artificial intelligence (AI), teaching that while AI can be a useful tool, it cannot replace human relationships.
The topic is explored in a new hour-long, gospel workshop video posted by the Church on YouTube, titled “Faith, Dignity, and Human Flourishing: Hearing God’s voice in an Age of AI.”
In the video, Elder Geritt W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles says that AI and chatbots can never replace an individual’s relationship with God, other humans, the world around them, and themselves, but they can be used to help further those relationships…