Echols: Words that aren’t the uninhabited talk of AI

By , Special to The Daily Memphian Updated: August 24, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: August 24, 2025 4:00 AM CT
Candace Echols
Special to The Daily Memphian

Candace Echols

Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.” 

“While AI can talk about God, it cannot speak about experiencing him. It can offer no first-person perspective on what God is like in the euphoria of love or in the depths of grief.”

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