Is this blasphemy? Experts thought that automation would come first for software engineers, analysts and accountants. Now, pastors have reasons to fear AI.
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Is this blasphemy? Experts thought that automation would come first for software engineers, analysts and accountants. Now, pastors have reasons to fear AI.
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"Dear brothers and sisters in Christ. Let us guard against technology replacing the divineGodly or god-like. in our hearts. Amen."
It is a moving sermonA talk on a religious subject. on technology and faith. But there is one thing that may not be obviousClear. : it was written by an AI chatbot.
In South KoreaAn East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, it shares one of the world's most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. South Korea has a population of about 52 million., artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence, or "AI," is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning. is becoming popular among churchgoers.
A new Christian chatbot app named "Meadow" claimed to have attracted 50,000 users within three days of being set up.
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However, the app's designers have said that the chatbot's words should not be viewed as God's words.
Even some pastorsA minister in charge of a Christian church. are using AI to write their speeches.
Some, however, think this counts as blasphemySpeaking with contempt or disrespect about a religious deity or sacred person. Blasphemy laws were abolished in the UK in 2008. . Sermons, they say, are about what it means to be human - and to feel human feelings. An AI cannot feel the same way as a human can.
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Is this blasphemy?
Yes! As AI is not one of God's children, it cannot be spoken through. It cannot speak with the same feeling as a human pastor.
No! Pastors are using AI to reach more people. It is just a new tool to help people connect with their religion.
Keywords
Divine - Godly or god-like.
Sermon - A talk on a religious subject.
Obvious - Clear.
South Korea - An East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, it shares one of the world's most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. South Korea has a population of about 52 million.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or "AI," is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Pastors - A minister in charge of a Christian church.
Blasphemy - Speaking with contempt or disrespect about a religious deity or sacred person. Blasphemy laws were abolished in the UK in 2008.
AI writes sermons, enables texting with Jesus
Word of God: The Meadow app, originally called Ask Jesus, allows users to "ask Jesus for guidance in your life". Glossary
Divine - Godly or god-like.
Sermon - A talk on a religious subject.
Obvious - Clear.
South Korea - An East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, it shares one of the world’s most heavily militarised borders with North Korea. South Korea has a population of about 52 million.
Artificial Intelligence - Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is the ability for a computer to think and learn. With AI, computers can perform tasks that are typically done by people, including processing language, problem-solving, and learning.
Pastors - A minister in charge of a Christian church.
Blasphemy - Speaking with contempt or disrespect about a religious deity or sacred person. Blasphemy laws were abolished in the UK in 2008.