With the growing use and availability of synthetic intelligence — like Chat GPT, Copilot and Gemini — Church leaders are evaluating how one can greatest use AI as a device in assist of the continuing Restoration, Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve mentioned Wednesday, March 13.
“All through the continuing Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, emergent applied sciences — together with in building, communication and transportation — have allowed this nice work to succeed in out and contact each nation, kindred, tongue and folks,” Elder Gong mentioned as he started a presentation to hundreds of Church workers around the globe.
Elder Gong and Elder John C. Pingree Jr., a Normal Authority Seventy, addressed workers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the Church Workplace Constructing. Elder Gong serves as co-chair of the Church Communication Committee. Elder Pingree serves as government director of the Correlation Division.
In April 2018 common convention, President Russell M. Nelson taught that people’ spiritual survival will depend on the power to observe the Holy Ghost’s promptings.
“In coming days, it won’t be attainable to outlive spiritually with out the guiding, directing, comforting and fixed affect of the Holy Ghost,” he mentioned.
Elder Gong invited Church workers to contemplate the suitable use of AI prayerfully and with the steerage of the Holy Ghost. He mentioned AI can’t substitute revelation, however it may be a robust device for studying fact.
Different departments within the Church are utilizing and exploring the usage of AI to assist members in numerous methods, together with household historical past work, language translation, course of automation and different assist.
Elder Gong mentioned people must be “neither giddy nor alarmist” about the usage of AI.
As a part of the presentation, Elder Gong and Elder Pingree shared seven ideas in 4 classes to assist information the Church’s use of AI. Elder Pingree mentioned the ideas had been accepted by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
“The ethical and moral issues that include the usage of AI require religious discernment and knowledge,” Elder Pingree mentioned. “God is the supply of all fact. AI doesn’t substitute divinely appointed sources.”
Non secular connection
- The Church will use synthetic intelligence to assist and never supplant connection between God and His youngsters.
- The Church will use synthetic intelligence in optimistic, useful and uplifting ways in which keep the honesty, integrity, ethics, values and requirements of the Church.
Transparency
- Individuals interacting with the Church will perceive when they’re interfacing with synthetic intelligence.
- The Church will present attribution for content material created with synthetic intelligence when the authenticity, accuracy or authorship of the content material could possibly be misunderstood or deceptive.
Privateness and safety
- The Church’s use of synthetic intelligence will safeguard sacred and private info.
Accountability
- The Church will use synthetic intelligence in a way in step with the insurance policies of the Church and all relevant legal guidelines.
- The Church can be measured and deliberate in its use of synthetic intelligence by repeatedly testing and reviewing outputs to assist guarantee accuracy, truthfulness and compliance.
“These ideas may additionally be useful for members and buddies of the Church as they navigate a world altering resulting from AI,” Elder Pingree mentioned.
Elder Gong additionally mentioned that studying to establish the affect of the Holy Ghost will assist members of the Church keep away from deception if deepfakes of Church leaders are revealed. He inspired reliance on the Holy Spirit, knowledge and trusted sources each time utilizing AI.
“Whereas generative synthetic intelligence could also be fast to supply info, it may by no means substitute revelation or generate fact. If one thing doesn’t really feel proper or is inconsistent with what you understand is true, search to discern earlier than believing,” he mentioned.
Elder Gong mentioned knowledge helps people to make use of a mixture of information, expertise and judgment in making selections. He quoted from 2 Nephi 28:30 the place the Lord says via Nephi, “Blessed are those that hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall be taught knowledge.”
Lastly, Elder Gong strengthened the necessity to search and research info from trusted sources. He once more cited the Holy Ghost as a kind of sources and added the scriptures, phrases of prophets, and the Church web site — ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
In circumstances when people publish content material that’s deceitful in nature, the Church will deal with that content material via its official channels.
“We’re going to needn’t be fearful,” Elder Gong mentioned in his concluding remarks. “However embrace the probabilities in a cautious method… as a result of the intent, I consider, is for us to take our soul — which consists of a bodily physique and a spirit — and produce physique and spirit, the physicality with the religious, collectively in new methods that may be a blessing to all of us as youngsters of our Father in Heaven.”
