People pray to God for guidance. He may answer "Yes", "No", or "Wait". He may use His Word, the Bible, to help us find the answer. He may use fellow believers to speak the answer to us through their words or their written works. Or He may impress the answer to us as we spend time with Him in prayer.
Now, here's a human made tool, ChatGPT, that gives a response to direct questions. The way I understand it, it's response is probably based on how that question has been answered by history. For example, if I ask it which hockey player has scored the most in history, it can give a definite answer based on historical records. But I can also ask it to give an opinion on which is better, Coke or Pepsi, and it can churn out a response that similar to that of a business student. But its responses are morally bound by those in charge of it.
So far, I think it has been used by students to come up with answers to homework. It can generate an essay based on a few parameters such as the subject matter the essay is about. It is good at generating programming code and IT personnel have probably used it in work related problems. It can probably write an e-book if you give it parameters about the main character and what the story is about.
How long before it reaches the level of the "Beast" in the Bible, where it can decide on which person lives and which person dies. Where it decides on who can buy and sell goods and services, and who cannot.
But I see a danger where Christians become dependent on it and asks it for advice on various areas in life. Instead of going to God first in prayer, a person could just go and ask ChatGPT since it will give a direct response immediately. We live in an age of impatience. We want an answer right away. This tool is dangerous in that it can, like many things, push God out of our lives, specifically in the area of making decisions. The mobile phone has taken away our time spent with God. A tool like ChatGPT can take away our trust in God's guidance.
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