Will GotQuestions.org eventually be replaced by AI?

As of early 2025, GotQuestions.org began losing a significant amount of web traffic from Google due to the increasing presence of AI Overviews at the top of the search results. A substantial number of people seem to be satisfied with the AI Overviews and are therefore not visiting the sites that are referenced and/or the traditional search results that are below the AI Overviews. Further, some of the other LLM AIs are also developing search engines to compete with Google. So, is GotQuestions.org still necessary in the age of artificial intelligence?

First, it must be noted that AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Llama, Grok, and Perplexity are not technically answering people’s questions. Rather, they are, in essence, selectively compiling and paraphrasing answers that already exist on the internet. The only reason AI tools can answer a question about the Bible in a quality manner is that there are sites like GotQuestions.org that have already answered the questions. Were there not pre-existing content for the AI tools to “spider” and “learn from,” there would be no way for them to know what the possible answers are or what answer is most likely to be correct.

So, in that sense, AI tools are not replacing GotQuestions.org. Instead, they are delivering paraphrased/summarized versions of GotQuestions.org’s content. Hopefully at some point in the near future, the popular AI tools will begin releasing data on how many times a website’s content was used to generate an AI response. GotQuestions.org would then be able to report something like, “Articles on GotQuestions.org were used to generate AI responses 5,000,000 times last month.”

Second, AI tools lack discernment and can be easily manipulated. Unless properly prompted, AI tools tend to give answers that are nebulous, vague, and noncommittal. They can also hallucinate, creating information that sounds good but is completely fabricated. This can easily lead to someone being deceived or at least convinced that a firm stance is unnecessary. Further, depending on how a question is asked, and/or if the AI tool knows your preferences, it will often simply give you the answer you want to hear. This, too, can lead to deception. Neither of these issues occur with answers composed and reviewed by the team at GotQuestions.org.

Third, while an AI chatbot can provide quick and helpful summaries based on a wide variety of biblical resources, it does not have a relationship with God, cannot pray for wisdom, and does not possess spiritual discernment. While an AI can construct some good answers based on all the content it has “learned from,” ultimately, an AI cannot answer a question with true personal and pastoral care.

An AI answering a question is analogous to a preacher dispassionately proclaiming a sermon that someone else prepared or a suitor attempting to attract a woman with a love poem written by someone else. The content might be great. It may be well-written, organized, and easy-to-understand. But, ultimately, it is only an imitation of what someone else composed.

So, no, we do not believe GotQuestions.org will be replaced by AI. Undeniably, GotQuestions.org will have to adjust to the reality of artificial intelligence. We may have to adapt how we seek to reach people who are searching for biblically based answers to spiritually related questions. But the vision of GotQuestions.org will not change. We will continue to strive to illuminate the digital world with the truth of God’s Word. And we are confident that God will continue to use GotQuestions.org for His glory.