If we are going to view song as a form of worship—which in some cases it is, and in other cases is simply Christian entertainment—then allowing a machine to write or produce it becomes deeply troubling. Even if a real person sings the song, it is still not something inspired by the Spirit. Rather, it is a creation generated from data and algorithms that crawl, index, and analyze billions of web pages.
Even when such songs may appear theologically accurate, the deeper concern remains. Over time, this path could lead to one of the greatest apostasies humanity has ever participated in—not only in music, but in the use of AI for sermons, books, theological arguments, and more. If Christians are so easily convinced to accept and adopt these things without discernment, then the world we are rushing into at breakneck speed should give us great pause.
This is not to say that AI has no usefulness. I myself use it for image creation and for editing grammar. In fact, I used ChatGPT to help refine this very blog post and to create the thumbnail image—and it all took about a minute. How useful that is.
Yet usefulness alone cannot determine righteousness. At some point, a line must be drawn. The difficulty is that the line becomes harder to see with each passing day. My fear is that by the time we finally recognize where it should have been, it will already be too late—if it is not too late already.
In closing, it appears an AI false god is on the horizon, and the world is all too ready and eager to worship it. Come quickly, Lord Jesus—come quickly, and have mercy on us all.
