produced its religious program following a relatively simple prompt. “I told the artificial intelligence ‘We are at the church congress, you are a preacher… what would a church service look like?’” Simmerlein explained, estimating that approximately 98 percent of the entire service “comes from the machine.”
Although Simmerlein believes ChatGPT concocted “a pretty solid church service,” others were left spiritually unfulfilled. One attendee complained the experience possessed “no heart and no soul,” and found it difficult to concentrate because of the AI avatar’s fast, monotonous delivery. Thealso reports that some congregants even refused to audibly recite The Lord’s Prayer after being prompted by the AI “pastor.
The overall critique, perhaps unsurprisingly, stems from AI’s lack of humanity. Despite what some observers may argue to the contrary, artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT or Google Bard