What About AI?

As I update this in winter 2026, more than ever people can find AI tools to edit or at least check grammar and spelling. And they can find AI helps for generating content, which, of course, must still be edited, fact-checked, and proofread before publication of any quality.

But can authors expect any current AI tool to seamlessly merge the several levels of editing without unacceptable missteps that then must be addressed to preserve human creativity and thoughtful message? Can AI help an author address what's good but could be even better . . . and how? 

More important to Christian authors is this question: Can an AI tool edit with human, spiritual sensitivity for authors who, through crafting either fiction or nonfiction, express their biblically based convictions? Can they trust an AI tool that may be drawing its biblical input from multiple sources, some of which might at least subtly fail to support their story or message? Or is it still best to trust a human editor who can bring biblical knowledge and Christian spiritual sensibilities to the work of editing? 

These are some of the questions we must address in an AI world.