At the end of January 2025, my friend from China sent me a note about the social messenger service WeChat. “You need to read this article! Read carefully!” This was an article about Deepseek, a Chinese AI-powered chatbot in our WeChat Public Media account.
Unfortunately, two years ago, WeChat sent out a privacy clause that I did not choose to agree to. Since then I have not been able to open these public accounts. I use it less and less.
So my friend needs to convert WeChat articles to PDF or forward them to another social media platform before viewing them. My friend couldn’t wait for my response and said, “My conclusion is that AI can completely replace human writing. Some of the things we humans are most proud of. It’s really not important because we lost it a long time ago without realizing it.”
I knew he was serious. And I began to take serious deepscasing seriously. I always thought that AI could not replace artistic works. Those generated text, music, drawings and videos tend to repel people after watching it a few times.
I was in a trance state and was shocked by its “creativity.”
But this time, honestly, after reading Wuxia’s novel (a Chinese story about a knight doing Kung Fu) and some modern poems produced by Deepseek, I’ve come to that “creativity.” As a stubborn literary fan who was shocked by
Clearly, just as its ability to process Chinese contexts is superior to Facebook in Chinese contexts, its ability to process Chinese contexts is much more robust than ChatGpt.
Deepseek, like WeChat, is limited due to the characteristics of the kanji. Naturally, it automatically avoids all the sensitive topics you can think of, politics, history, and more.
Interestingly, the advice about attending residential churches is not to avoid them, but to be discreet. And we recognize that this is a response to the above policy and the following measures. Apparently, Chinese AI also has the wisdom of survival for China.
I know Deepseek has a good understanding of taboo topics, but I can’t convey it. There are the same limitations that Chinese people face every day. Some people are worried about these restrictions, but this won’t be an issue if China opens one day. He has the ability.
Limitations are political, not technical.
Limitations are political, not technical. Also, since how many people have read it by then, are you too worried about whether it will replace human writing in the future? However, there are some concerns about the security and privacy of user information, as well as the generation of false information by AI.
But I’m even more concerned about the fact that since 2010, Search Engines, Social Media, and Algorithm Feeds are simpler technology than DeepSeek and have a big impact on us that haven’t yet been deeply reflected. We all, including Christians, will be digitally taken prisoner, both in China and elsewhere.
The vast amount of information exceeds the human ability to receive it, and in the face of misinformation, we are unable or unwilling to distinguish the truth from lies. We live in a world of information that opposes each other, and the consensus on truth, good and beautiful is fading and thinning.
In 2017 we conducted a study of Christian content on WeChat and concluded that bad money ousts good money. “Bad money” here refers to counterfeit products. Therefore, the abundance of falsehood expels the truth, which expels the consensus of goodness, and in stages the beauty.
What makes Deepseek different from similar products is the sharing of processing or thought processes, or logic. The process itself demonstrates the ability to do exactly what is lacking among today’s people.
It trains you – you relearn critical thinking.
Deepseek talks to people in seemingly natural ways, interacting like a brainstorming session with colleagues and partners, rather than as secretaries. When you train it, without realizing it, it trains you – relearn critical thinking and discretion from the very software we created.
This is where I feel hope. We all need to learn to think critically, apply logic and organize our own ideas. And Christians in particular need to “find deeper” for truth, goodness, and beauty.
As artificial intelligence moves rapidly, impacting human creativity, information consumption, and even mental life becomes a topic of urgent debate. Deepseek, a China-developed AI chatbot, not only highlights technological advances in natural language processing, but also reflects the unique challenge of navigating digital spaces under certain constraints in China.
For Christians, especially those in the House Church communities, the role of AI in shaping access and interpretation of information is both attention and intriguing development. Recognizing this is timely and important raises important questions about the impact of AI on the future of truth and human thinking, and how it engages in faith and social technology. encourages a deeper reflection of the
Originally published in English by Chinese sources. It was reissued with permission.
Pastor Jerry AN has been working in Media Ministries since 2001 and is now the Chinese team leader at Refeme Ministries (formerly returned to God Ministries International). Under his vision and leadership, Raylam’s Chinese Ministry became a pioneer, think tank and partner of the Ministry of New Media. Pastor Jerry regularly trains Chinese church leaders around the world to develop ways to use new media to advance the kingdom. He is also a publisher, producer, radio host and writer.
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