Posts Tagged ‘Father Justin AI project’

Silicon Valley bishop, two Catholic AI experts weigh in on AI evangelisation

Thursday, May 9th, 2024
AI

It took a little more than a day for Father Justin, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar posing as a priest, to be defrocked. Defrocking Justin After Catholic Answers, a site devoted to evangelising for Catholicism, introduced the character to answer questions about the faith, Catholics on social media called the character a “scandalising mockery of Read more

Fr Justin, AI priest laicised

Monday, April 29th, 2024
AI Priest

Catholic Answers, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to apologetics, has reaffirmed its commitment to using artificial intelligence (AI) despite facing backlash over its recent AI priest “Father Justin”. The AI priest project, launched on April 23, aimed to provide users with accurate information about Catholicism. However, the AI priest project quickly sparked controversy when users reported Read more