I dont think so. as they use AI too and created a ‘New World GPT,’ a specially trained chatbot based on official publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses. This GPT was designed to provide Bible-based answers in line with the teachings of the organization.
Here’s a satirical fictional discussion between members of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, dramatized with character traits often attributed to them by exJWs—especially David Splane, whom we’ll feature as the cold, data-driven traditionalist. The scene centers on their reaction to AI tools like Gemini (Google’s AI), which threatens their control over information.
Scene: Confidential Governing Body Meeting – “The Threat of Artificial Intelligence”
[Location: A mahogany-heavy boardroom in Warwick HQ. Coffee cups. A globe. A massive, unopened Bible in the center of the table. Surveillance screens flickering in the background.]
Stephen Lett (wide-eyed, dramatic):
“Brothers! This artificial intelligence… this GEMINI… it’s like a digital serpent in the garden! It whispers information—unfiltered—into the ears of our dear sheep! Can you IMAGINE what that does to their hearts?!”
David Splane (cold, precise):
“Imagine it? I ran a projection. If 2% of baptized publishers access Gemini for doctrinal clarification, our retention curve flattens within 6 fiscal quarters. That’s not just apostasy, that’s statistical disaster.”
Gerrit Lösch (with slow, mysterious gravity):
“There was once a time, dear brothers… when Satan used scrolls. Then the printing press. Then the radio. Now… he uses silicon.”
Mark Sanderson (modern, but trying to be hip):
“But guys, should we at least try to use AI ourselves? Maybe train a JW-bot? ‘Ask the Truth™’—that has a nice ring to it.”
Splane (staring at him like at a misbehaving Excel sheet):
“No, Mark. If we let an AI answer questions, it might follow logic. And logic doesn’t always support… our current light.”
Lett (interrupting, voice quivering with theatrical fear):
“And what if—WHAT IF—the AI knows that 1914 was just a recycled Adventist date?! What if it tells people that Rutherford invented shunning in prison because no one would sit with him?!”
Splane (adjusting glasses, icy):
“Exactly. The AI does not fear Jehovah. It does not wait for ‘new light.’ It doesn’t care about overlapping generations—it just… calculates.”
Sanderson (mumbling):
“But we could feed it only our material—filter the Watchtower Library and train it on that?”
Splane (flat):
“Gemini would still ask why the 607 BCE date contradicts every secular source. And unlike our publishers, it reads footnotes.”
Lösch (nodding gravely):
“And it remembers. Everything. It does not forget failed prophecies.”
Lett (tearing up slightly):
“Brothers, I feel… I FEEL… that this Gemini is the Beast. Or at least, its little calculator.”
Conclusion (Splane, final word):
“We must do what we’ve always done: Declare it demonic, forbid it quietly, and tell the flock it’s spiritually dangerous. Then release a video of me with a pointer explaining why Jehovah hates robots.”
[Curtain drops. The AI threat neutralized—by committee.]