The Christian must practice spiritual watchfulness and custody of the eyes. In our time, this means treating AI not as a source of authority or personal significance, but as a tool with no inherent claim on our attention or trust. Athanasius writes: “Where Christ is named, and his faith, there all idolatry is deposed and all imposture of evil spirits is exposed, and any spirit is unable to endure even the name, nay even on barely hearing it flies and disappears.” So too here. Clarity begins when we name the thing rightly. AI does not possess insight. It cannot judge. The only real threat is our willingness to cooperate with the delusion that this work of our hands is our friend, or even our superior.
