Artificial intelligence has the potential to make a huge breakthrough in our lives and completely change our daily life, however, without human spiritual development, the expected negative consequences must be considered, reads the Christmas epistle of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, Ilia II.

According to the epistle, artificial intelligence is the sum of knowledge accumulated by mankind, collective knowledge that provides relevant information through algorithms.

“Artificial intelligence already occupies a special place in our lives, which in scientific circles is called the model of artificial intelligence obtained by machine learning. It is known that artificial intelligence is the sum of knowledge accumulated by mankind, collective knowledge that provides relevant information through algorithms. With this means, a person will have access to a variety of data in any field he wants, which will further accelerate technological progress. Artificial intelligence has the potential to make a huge breakthrough in our lives and completely change our daily life, however, without human spiritual development, the expected negative consequences must be considered. The question becomes more and more acute: will man be able to combine the Christian way of life and the capabilities of artificial intelligence and apply it to the glory of God? Will a person, who believes in himself and is fascinated by his own creation, be further separated from God? I think it is very important to get acquainted with the views of psychologists and those specialists who are in contact with artificial intelligence, because in the near future everyone will be faced with this new reality, and it is necessary for our society to be prepared to meet it. One thing is clear: each of us must strive for personal perfection, which first of all implies the desire to know God and access His truth. God is above logical categories, the human mind cannot reach him either with the total sum of human knowledge or with the fullness of information, therefore, together with knowledge, faith and being filled with divine grace is necessary so that a person does not return to a pagan state," reads the epistle.