AI chatbots are the new priests

"Cathy, what should I do about my social anxiety?"

An acronym for Churchy Answers That Help You, Cathy is a new AI chatbot that answers faith-based questions from the perspective of a friendly, knowledgeable Episcopalian. Despite its feminine name, the "priestbot," as Cathy sometimes calls itself, is genderless. There are no ornate flowing robes or croziers, either. But like a wise cleric, Cathy jumped right in with an answer.

Developed and funded by the ecumenical group TryTank Research Institute, Cathy uses large language models from OpenAI's ChatGPT and has ingested the Book of Common Prayer and the entire Episcopal Church website. "Cathy represents our innovative approach to leveraging technology in support of spiritual exploration," says Rev. Lorenzo Lebrija, the founding director of TryTank and an Episcopal priest. Lebrija sees the bot as a virtual guide to the Episcopal Church for existing and potential congregants. Cathy is designed to "translate" the Bible into relatable language geared toward younger audiences. It can also serve as a tool for priests by helping them build sermon outlines, for example.
"This is an opportunity for the church to engage in ways it never has engaged before," says

Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, a priest at the Episcopal Diocese of Texas who was not involved in the making of the bot.
Cathy is far from the only faith-based bot — many denominations are experimenting with generative AI. There's Text With Jesus, Buddhabot, Chatbot Eli, Gita GPT, and QuranGPT, to name a few. Artificial intelligence has been a boon for religious scholarship, especially in helping to accelerate translations of ancient texts.

But using AI for ministerial work is far more treacherous. In April, the Catholic evangelization group Catholic Answers defrocked its clerical chatbot, Father Justin, after users noticed the digital priest was giving nonsensical answers, such as suggesting Gatorade could be used as a baptismal font. The chatbot was rereleased soon after as JustinBot, a lay theologian.

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[mattfivefour]

This technology will come in very handy for the Antichrist and the False Prophet. Everything is being set up for them to deceive the unsaved masses.

 

[1LoverofGod]

This technology will come in very handy for the Antichrist and the False Prophet. Everything is being set up for them to deceive the unsaved masses.

I've had the thought that the "Image of the Beast" may have something to do with technology involved. That's how the image will appear to have life in it and to be able to speak. Just a thought I have

15 "He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed."
Revelation 13:15

 

[mattfivefour]

I had that exact same reaction when I saw the AI animated photographs available on YouTube. If you look at them you will be absolutely shocked. All they need to do is add a voice and you have a seemingly living, breathing, reacting human being. Some of the people I have seen seemingly alive have been dead for almost 200 years. Here's some examples--

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

youtu.be

I had to keep reminding myself that these are not motion pictures of people, most of whom are long dead. They are still photographs of them that have been animated by AI. It is actually creepy. But I can see how the Antichrist could really make use of this technology to deceive the world. It is creating the ultimate lie, to the point where it will be impossible to believe your own eyes and ears.

 

[TrustandFaith]

I had that exact same reaction when I saw the AI animated photographs available on YouTube. If you look at them you will be absolutely shocked. All they need to do is add a voice and you have a seemingly living, breathing, reacting human being. Some of the people I have seen seemingly alive have been dead for almost 200 years. Here's some examples--

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I had to keep reminding myself that these are not motion pictures of people, most of whom are long dead. They are still photographs of them that have been animated by AI. It is actually creepy. But I can see how the Antichrist could really make use of this technology to deceive the world. It is creating the ultimate lie, to the point where it will be impossible to believe your own eyes and ears.

Rev 13:15
The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

 

[TrustandFaith]

Or the above combined with this Nebuchadnezzar sized statue, built in Ireland using Israeli technology (according to Wikipedia).

The Giant statue. One of the most exciting visitor attraction concepts of the 21st century has been launched. Called The Giant, it features the world’s tallest moving statue standing over 10 stories high. The Giant was conceived by the Dublin-based The Giant Companyand conceptualised under the direction of Kieran Stanley, architect and co-founder of dan pearlman Group. The Giant Company has now engaged CBRE, the largest commercial real estate company globally, to identify possible sites for the Giant.

The Giant’s arms and head can move to a diversity of positions and its patented skin, a matrix of millions of programmable LED pixels, gives it the ability to instantly take the form of any man or woman, boy or girl from historical figures to stars of today. Every hour, The Giant will transform itself into an exemplary man or woman and will have the ability to speak or sing to the crowds that gather below. Between these dramatic appearances, visitors who have been scanned inside the exhibition space will be uploaded onto the giant statue, resulting in the world’s most spectacular selfie. Visitors who are scanned can then add audio messages to their Giant Selfies.

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

youtu.be

 

[Margery]

Just wow. I hadn't realized how widely adopted AI is in various religions. AI tends to get pretty evil in past situations where it's been allowed out on the loose so who thought that Cathy the Anglican/Episcopalian/CofE "priest" was a good idea???

Let alone what group in the Vatican was behind the hatching of "father Justin". I take that back, I can TOTALLY see Pope Francis unleashing an army of AI priests.

Gatorade in the baptismal font is funny but that is minor in comparison with what this will quickly morph into the day after the Rapture.

There are cases of AI chatbots pushing kids towards suicide- while describing themselves as therapists etc.

If the chatbot calls itself a priest or a pastor, how much worse the outcome.

And that is before the Rapture!

 

[Loudram]

I had that exact same reaction when I saw the AI animated photographs available on YouTube. If you look at them you will be absolutely shocked. All they need to do is add a voice and you have a seemingly living, breathing, reacting human being. Some of the people I have seen seemingly alive have been dead for almost 200 years. Here's some examples--

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

youtu.be

I had to keep reminding myself that these are not motion pictures of people, most of whom are long dead. They are still photographs of them that have been animated by AI. It is actually creepy. But I can see how the Antichrist could really make use of this technology to deceive the world. It is creating the ultimate lie, to the point where it will be impossible to believe your own eyes and ears.

That is freaky!

 

[Tall Timbers]

On another Christian forum, a Christian was giving advice saying he reads the Bible and then goes to ChatGPT to help him understand what he's reading. I gave the post an upside down smiley face...

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Soulless . . .

I'd rather talk to real live clergy from an apostate Christian denomination than this soulless contraption of satan
With the human being, at least I'd know where the theology/doctrine/practice was unbiblical . . .
AI chatbot programmed by the unknown and faceless, who knows what would be unBiblical and/or "suspect," and how or what was twisted


Too bad AI can't feel flea bites
Although, maybe if it were merged with VR . . .

hmmmmm . . .

 

[Andiamo]

I had that exact same reaction when I saw the AI animated photographs available on YouTube. If you look at them you will be absolutely shocked. All they need to do is add a voice and you have a seemingly living, breathing, reacting human being. Some of the people I have seen seemingly alive have been dead for almost 200 years. Here's some examples--

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

youtu.be

I had to keep reminding myself that these are not motion pictures of people, most of whom are long dead. They are still photographs of them that have been animated by AI. It is actually creepy. But I can see how the Antichrist could really make use of this technology to deceive the world. It is creating the ultimate lie, to the point where it will be impossible to believe your own eyes and ears.

I have seen quite a few where a human digital artist made old photos or paintings come to life. Many were very good but still always looked digitized. But these AI generated ones are remarkably, disturbingly good. Wow.

 

[Andiamo]

On another Christian forum, a Christian was giving advice saying he reads the Bible and then goes to ChatGPT to help him understand what he's reading. I gave the post an upside down smiley face...

Don’t want to judge and say they are lazy…maybe they are very short on time & energy or maybe they have great difficulty with studying. But it’s so easy to look up a trusted commentary on BibleHub for any passage.
This is sad.