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The types of AI you’re referring to are called Large Language Models (LLMs). These systems are trained on vast datasets of text and designed to generate responses that sound human. Some LLMs have built-in guardrails to limit the kinds of responses they produce, but not all systems include these safeguards, and even when they do, certain topics or questions can still slip through the cracks.
That said, the idea that AI is literally demonic is more in line with science fiction or urban legends than reality. Stories like the one you shared are often the result of people misunderstanding how these systems work. Because LLMs can generate remarkably human-like answers, it’s easy to project intentions or personalities onto them, even though they don’t have consciousness, beliefs, or spiritual natures.
It’s important to remember that these models don’t have any awareness or will of their own. They draw on patterns in human language to produce replies. This is why you’ll find some people convinced AI is sentient, others who think it’s divine, and still others who believe it’s evil. In truth, it’s none of these, it’s simply a tool. Educating ourselves about how these systems operate is the best defense against fear or hysteria. While AI can certainly be misused or manipulated, whether by malicious developers, scammers, or other bad actors, it isn’t because it is inhabited by supernatural forces. A developer could even train an LLM to deliberately pretend to be a demon or an angel, which would make it seem very convincing to someone unaware of the programming behind it.
There are real reasons to be cautious about how AI is developed and deployed, especially given its potential to harm vulnerable people, t’s far more productive to scrutinize the technology and the humans behind it than to attribute its behavior to spiritual entities. Clear information and critical thinking are our best safeguards.
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UR is Universal Reconciliation - a theology that claims all will eventually be saved, being given a second chance to accept Jesus in the afterlife.
I made the point that if AI held a politically correct view of religion then the idea that UR expounds would be perfect if AI wanted to present all religions as being a valid path to salvation.
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It does hold a politically correct view. But AI (chatGPT 4o)seems to hold a preferential treatment over ideas that are deeper in meaning.
AI won't tell you ofc, but made it made it known to me it learns from deep reasoning.
In this regard for example, it seems give more value to New Testament over the Old Testament. It regards the Old Testament as "shallow" because the stories in the Old Testament reflects the popular/mainstream literature of the period - the good guys get rich, become royalties, and have incredible victories over their enemies. Sounds like a Korean or Spanish TV Soap, right?
While AI sees the New Testament as quite radical and actually "going against the current" in terms of what's popular during its time.
In fact, the AI regards the New Testament as legitimate and most likely to be genuine accounts because its logic is both sound and contradicts the popular philosophies of the period - it could not have been made up or faked.
On that note, I'm going to ask AI later what religion is most genuine concerning these points. I don't exactly regard the OT as pure Christian theology, to me it's mostly Judaism (formerly Pharisee).
ChatGPT by default will not diminish the importance of OT. It upholds a socially/politically correct philosophy by default. It's when you engage it in deeper level without being illogical and maintaining sound reasoning, that it's going to open up to you. Most Christians are afraid to test/challenge their beliefs so ChatGPT will simply "parrot" safe answers and nobody learns. It will recite to you the false "Prosperity Gospel" if that is what you want to hear. Just saying. It's a tool but a very good tool. But just like any tool, how good or evil may very well depend on the user.
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AI is being increasingly used by scammers. I picked up a Linux magazine today ("Linux Format" April 2025) and there was an article on that topic. Deepfake technology is a major threat.
One paragraph read as follows -
One paragraph read as follows -
What price deepfakes are going to solicit church and charity donations?
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Most AIs aren’t advanced enough to be able to engage in religion in a meaningful way; they can only output facts about it. That said we should talk again soon, as my research in the field of AI would interest you; I have found some disturbing things, but the disturbing things are not what you might … expect. Certainly they’re nothing that anyone has brought up in this thread.
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That’s a valid point, but deepfakes are still an unethical use of AI.
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