Chris Pratt Declares AI ‘Cannot Be God’ and ‘Will Always Be Limited’
Chris Pratt portrays a man battling an AI-controlled justice system in the new movie Mercy, but in real life, Pratt says artificial intelligence and technology can never replace God.
Pratt opened up about his thoughts on AI during a red carpet interview with the Associated Press, which told the actor that the movie offers a future world where AI is essentially “playing God.”
Chris Pratt says A.I. "will not replace God" at the premiere of "Mercy," a film about a detective accused of murdering his wife who has to prove his innocence to an A.I. judge.#ChrisPratt #AI #Mercy pic.twitter.com/bH3bXcLLnG
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) January 21, 2026
“AI is man-made,” Pratt responded. “And so it cannot be God. It's inherently flawed – and it always will be because it’s made by the brokenness of man. So … it will always be limited the way we are limited. It is not God, and it will not replace God.”
Mercy (PG-13) follows a detective who becomes trapped inside an AI-controlled justice system where suspects are tried by artificial intelligence instead of human judges. When he is accused of murdering his wife, he has just 90 minutes to prove his innocence before the AI judge delivers a final verdict.
In a separate interview with the Associated Press, Pratt broke from those who are pessimistic about the future, saying he does not believe the world intermingled with artificial intelligence is bleak.
“Over the past year or so, I've really tried to educate myself on how I can use AI – and it's been really nice,” Pratt told AP. “I'm not really scared. I'm cautiously optimistic about it as a tool. I will say, in terms of how much it has an impact on my kids – that's something I'm concerned about.”
Pratt added that his children have no social media, no screens, and no smartphones.
“No phones for my kids,” he said.
Pratt has been open about his Christian faith. Last year, he told The Christian Post that he feels called to be “that city on the hill at this moment in my life.”
“You take a risk, I think, being in the entertainment world [in] being vocal about anything that's divisive – and religion is divisive, and so is politics. I don’t care enough about politics to take a stand one way or another at the expense of my career. But I do care enough about Jesus to take a stand, even if it costs me. If it costs me everything, I don’t care,” Pratt told The Christian Post.
“It’s worth it to me because this is what I'm called to do. It's where my heart is. I'm a father of four. I want to raise my children up with an understanding that their dad was unashamed of his faith in Jesus and with a profound understanding of the power of prayer and the grace and the love and the joy that can come from a relationship with Jesus. That's something that's really important to me.”
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Michael Foust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His stories have appeared in Baptist Press, Christianity Today, The Christian Post, the Leaf-Chronicle, the Toronto Star and the Knoxville News-Sentinel.
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Originally published January 23, 2026.
