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Elder Gong: AI Should Enhance, Not Replace Faith

11/6/2025

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Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke at a Salt Lake City conference on November 5, 2025, about AI.
He noted Latter-day Saints use AI, but it should not replace personal relationships with God.
The church will avoid AI for creating images of deities or drafting conference talks.
LDSBot engages faith queries, reflecting the research categories of Silicon Saints, Compartmentalizers, and Spiritual Skeptics.

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Story summary

Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke at a Salt Lake City conference on November 5, 2025, about AI.
He noted Latter-day Saints use AI, but it should not replace personal relationships with God.
The church will avoid AI for creating images of deities or drafting conference talks.
LDSBot engages faith queries, reflecting the research categories of Silicon Saints, Compartmentalizers, and Spiritual Skeptics.