'AI Jesus' is now taking confessions at a church in Switzerland
'AI Jesus' is now taking confessions at a church in Switzerland
A church in Switzerland has drummed up a controversy by employing an AI version of Jesus in its confessional.
AI is coming for us all. Writers, doctors and artists – among many others – all stand to have their livelihoods decimated by artificial intelligence. And the next potential victim? The Son of God.
Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, recently unveiled “Deus in machina,” an “experimental art installation” that features an AI version of Jesus in the confessional booth, according to its website.
The church has encouraged visitors to “share their thoughts and questions” with AI Jesus, though it clarified that this shouldn’t be considered the Sacrament of Confession.
AI Jesus, whose likeness appears on a screen in the confessional, may “create a sacred moment,” the church said. Peter’s Chapel added that the installation is meant to encourage visitors “to think critically about the limits of technology in the context of religion.”
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About two-thirds of participants told the outlet that they came out of the tech-assisted confessional having had a spiritual experience.
The church has encouraged visitors to “share their thoughts and questions” with AI Jesus, though it clarified that this shouldn’t be considered the Sacrament of Confession.
So then AI Jesus is not actually taking confessions like Vice's titles states.
It is taking confessions but the Sacrament of Confession involves the absolution of sins, which the AI is not doing.
yes, no computer can absolve you of sin. only a creepy old guy in a robe can do that, come on
I see, I'm not Catholic and thought confessions always included the absolution part
What if a local bishop just splashed some holy water on the server that runs AI Jesus .... does that count?
Holywater-cooled server
So sue them.
The AI Jesus is inside the confessional.Good point! Why is every single headline about AI just a straight up lie? lol
Jesus has always been AI, now it's just run by a computer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI - Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
I'll raise ya one:
Slim (silicon) Jesus?