AI Jesus: Latest chatbot iteration turns Christian messiah into an internet guru
By Joseph L. Kimmel, Part-Time Faculty Member (Theology Department), Boston College Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways: from a prophet who alerts his audience to the world’s imminent end to a philosopher who reflects on the nature of life. But no one has called Jesus an internet guru – that is, until now. In his latest role as an “AI Jesus,” Jesus stands, rather awkwardly, as a white man, dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, available 24/7 to answer any and all questions on his Twitch channel, ask_jesus. Questions posed to this chatbot Jesus can range from...
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