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AI won't be replacing your priest, minister, rabbi or imam any time soon

  • Written by Pauline Hope Cheong, Professor of Human Communication and Communication Technologies, Arizona State University
AI won't be replacing your priest, minister, rabbi or imam any time soonAn android called 'Kannon Mindar,' which preaches Buddhist sermons.Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Early in the summer of 2023, robots projected on a screen delivered sermons to about 300 congregants at St. Paul’s Church in Bavaria, Germany. Created by ChatGPT and Jonas Simmerlein, a theologian and philosopher from the...

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