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AI Jesus might ‘listen’ to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageVisitors were invited to pose questions to the AI Jesus, viewed on a monitor behind a latticework screen.Courtesy of the Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne, CC BY

This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors.

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