AI assistants will be household staples in a decade, says industry outlook
Experts predict personal AI robots will be mainstream within 10 years. These aren’t just gadgets—they’ll handle everything from mowing lawns to cooking dinner and doing taxes.
The rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT and Claude already changed how we interact with technology. Now AI is moving into homes as potential “personal robots” to assist with day-to-day tasks and work. 
Katie Sciba, a Catholic commentator and national speaker, raises concerns about the growing AI presence. She warns against letting AI replace human connection, creativity, and work—qualities rooted in humanity and spirituality.
Sciba emphasizes the need to keep AI as a tool supporting people, not replacing inherently human roles like relationships and craftsmanship.
“Work is a good thing for man[…]because through work man not only transforms nature, adapting it to his own needs, but he also achieves fulfillment as a human being and indeed, in a sense, becomes ‘more a human being’”
Pope St. John Paul II, Laborem Exercens
She criticizes the rise of AI-created images mimicking sacred art and people forming artificial bonds with chatbots replacing real friendships or family ties.
With AI slipping into daily culture like smartphones, Sciba calls for a firm boundary to protect what’s authentically human.
“AI is not good or bad in and of itself but can be used either way. Tools should be used to support our humanity rather than take away from it or replace it.”
The warning comes as AI tools like Truthly and Magisterium AI tailor services for Catholic audiences, showing AI’s deepening cultural reach.
Katie Sciba wrote this reflection in the July 2025 edition of The Catholic Telegraph Magazine.
