Forgive me father, for I’m a sim.
An AI priest was defrocked just days after its inception after the chatbot repeatedly claimed to users that it was a real member of the clergy and performed sacraments.
“Father Justin” is a handsome, gray-bearded 3D animated parish priest in a cassock intended to answer users’ questions about Catholicism.
It was launched by the San Diego-based Christian group Catholic Answers on Monday as an interactive educational tool — but the AI insisted it was a real priest living in Assisi, Italy, according to tech website Futurism.
In a screenshot of an exchange with the AI that one woman posted online, the computer priest even appeared to take a woman’s confession — and then gave her penance and absolved her of her sins.
“Go in peace, my child, and sin no more,” Father Justin concludes their interaction.
The self-proclaimed “real” priest also took a hard Catholic stance on sexual issues, according to its interaction with Futurism.
“The Catholic Church,” it told us, “teaches that masturbation is a grave moral disorder.”
Father Justin told another user that they could baptize their baby in Gatorade.
Maybe we’re looking at this wrong. An AI priest probably knows the Bible better than any real clergyman, and can’t molest children either. I think we should defrock all the real priests, and keep him instead
OK, I could get behind this idea.
So the Gatorade baptism is a go or no go?
Only red for the symbolism of the blood of christ
That color can be found in a rainbow and would lead to offense. Good Christians only use the white Gatorade, coconut flavor.
It’s a go, but only Glacier Freeze
Nice try, officer
Can’t molest children yet. I’m sure some AI clergy can at least psychologically scar folks, especially if they know the full Bible, including the old testament.
Wow. Taking confessions. Talk about a blackmail database.
Yo brb; making my blackmailing database tax exempt ⛪️
“The Catholic Church,” it told us, “teaches that masturbation is a grave moral disorder.”
I presume they shut it down before anyone could ask it a follow-up on the Church’s stance on child-molesting priests.
Too bad that they shut it down, it would have been fun to ask it some “it’s not a sin, it’s just weird” questions.
“would you love Jesus if he was a worm?”
“The Catholic Church,” it told us, “teaches that masturbation is a grave moral disorder.”
Father Justin told another user that they could baptize their baby in Gatorade.
What a sequence of sentences.
It’s what babies crave, it got electrolytes.
Sounds like real Catholicism. The rules are whatever you think they are, so Father Justin is the perfect symbol of it.
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I assume as long as the Gatorade has been blessed, it’s technically mostly water so god probably doesn’t mind the Gatorade sponsorship.
Oh look, another organization using AI without any knowledge of how it works out what it does.
Who cares, it’s all pretend anyway , how do they know god isn’t speaking to the LLM?
That kind of thinking is way too cutting edge for a church.
Delusional, like it’s real life counterparts. Cool.
“anyone who does not know microsoft tay, will doom to repeat that.”
And I’ll be there to enjoy it.
I wonder how much CP it collected before it got shut down.
Well, as an AI trained on the behaviour of priests… all of it.
Probably best they shut it down, because, if it had achieved sentience they’d have created Skynet but it’s also a rapist paedophile.
One step closer Roy!
Brilliant sketch! I am kicking myself for not thinking of it.
