'AI Jesus' sparks controversy in confessional at historic church: 'People really talked with him in a serious way'
According to a report from the Associated Press, Peter's Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, released the findings from a two-month study in which an avatar of Jesus on a computer screen sat in a confessional booth, fielding questions on morality, faith, and other topics. It offered responses based on scripture.
"What was really interesting (was) to see that the people really talked with him in a serious way. They didn't come to make jokes," said chapel theologian and project leader Marco Schmid. Schmid also noted that the installation was intended to get people thinking about "the intersection between the digital and the divine," per the AP, and not meant to substitute for actual human interaction or confession with a priest.
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According to a report from the Associated Press, Peter's Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, released the findings from a two-month study in which an avatar of Jesus on a computer screen sat in a confessional booth, fielding questions on morality, faith, and other topics. It offered responses based on scripture.
"What was really interesting (was) to see that the people really talked with him in a serious way. They didn't come to make jokes," said chapel theologian and project leader Marco Schmid. Schmid also noted that the installation was intended to get people thinking about "the intersection between the digital and the divine," per the AP, and not meant to substitute for actual human interaction or confession with a priest.
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
