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Hundreds of Protestants attended a sermon in Nuremberg given by ChatGPT, which told them not to fear death (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] ericjmorey@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

At times, the AI-generated avatar inadvertently drew laughter as when it used platitudes and told the churchgoers with a deadpan expression that in order "to keep our faith, we must pray and go to church regularly."

It seems people at the convention attended as a curiosity.

[–] LittlePrimate@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Eh, most people here would probably also laugh at a human pastor spewing such platitudes.

But yes, I'm sure such an event would draw more spectators than faithful people, who knight actually be repulsed by replacing a pastor with a machine. Hell, I left church almost two decades ago and would consider joining in to see an AI holding a service.

[–] Derproid@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Heiderose Schmidt, a 54-year-old who works in IT, said she was excited and curious when the service started but found it increasingly off-putting as it went along.

"There was no heart and no soul," she said. "The avatars showed no emotions at all, had no body language and were talking so fast and monotonously that it was very hard for me to concentrate on what they said."

Yeah and some decent criticism.