Confession to a computer? Experts say 'AI Jesus' can't perform sacrament | Fact check
An art installation demonstrating the potential for AI to have a role in religion wasn't set up to take confession.
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The cybernetic savior is also fluent in 100 different languages, enabling it to converse with worshippers from all over the world.
AI Jesus Hears Confessions In Switzerland: Has Artificial Intelligence Gone Too Far?
A church in Switzerland is testing the limits of artificial intelligence with an AI Jesus. Launched as an experiment, AI Jesus could show how AI could disrupt churches and religion. Religion could be the next sector impacted by the rise of artificial intelligence.
‘AI Jesus’ takes confessions at Swiss church
Some churchgoers describe a spiritual experience within the confessional booth, though others labelled it a gimmick
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Dealing with limited space the need for people to have private conversations with the avatar, the church switched its priest with a computer setup in the confessional booth. After training the AI program in theological texts, visitors were invited to ask questions to the AI Jesus displayed through a latticework screen.
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AI Jesus in Swiss church confessional surprises visitors with spiritual guidance
This exhibit at St. Peter's Church at Lucerne features a digitally produced figure of Jesus Christ responding to visitors' concerns
Church Sets Up AI-Powered Jesus Inside Confessional Booth
A church in the Swiss city of Lucerne has set up a confessional booth that allows churchgoers to converse with an "AI Jesus" that can speak in 100 different languages. As the BBC reports, anybody wanting to speak to the large language model,
AI Jesus installed at Switzerland church
The multilingual bot is housed in the confessional box at St. Peter's Chapel in the city of Lucerne, with a 'heavenly hologram' projected behind the latticed opening
No, ‘AI Jesus’ Isn’t Actually Hearing Confessions: Fact Check
The breakdown: Despite being placed in the confessional booth, the parish notes on its website that the AI installation is intended for conversations, not confessions. Confession, also called penance or reconciliation, is one of the seven sacraments of the Church and can only be performed by a priest or bishop, and never in a virtual setting.
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