From churches to chatbots: How AI is fusing with religion
Religion And Faith,Artificial Intelligence,Technology,Culture,Future,Ideological Bias,Data,Big Tech
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In 2024, Justin Lester, a pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in Vallejo, California, built a custom GPT for his church that uses his sermons to develop small group materials and allows other church leaders to build lessons based on those sermons.
Lester has no qualms about deploying AI in this way. As he sees it, using these tools is important for spiritual growth, discipleship, and community development.
"Jesus said we will do greater things," he says. "And I think (AI) is part of the greater...
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