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submitted 6 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

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.

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[-] Infynis@midwest.social 60 points 6 months ago

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

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 15 points 6 months ago

So the Gatorade baptism is a go or no go?

[-] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Only red for the symbolism of the blood of christ

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

That color can be found in a rainbow and would lead to offense. Good Christians only use the white Gatorade, coconut flavor.

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 6 months ago

It's a go, but only Glacier Freeze

[-] Infynis@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

Nice try, officer

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 15 points 6 months ago

OK, I could get behind this idea.

[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Neato@ttrpg.network 36 points 6 months ago

Wow. Taking confessions. Talk about a blackmail database.

[-] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 months ago

Yo brb; making my blackmailing database tax exempt ⛪️

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 25 points 6 months ago

“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.

[-] Justas@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] Grimy@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

"would you love Jesus if he was a worm?"

[-] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

“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.

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago

It's what babies crave, it got electrolytes.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago

Sounds like real Catholicism. The rules are whatever you think they are, so Father Justin is the perfect symbol of it.

[-] JCreazy@midwest.social 15 points 6 months ago

Oh look, another organization using AI without any knowledge of how it works out what it does.

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Who cares, it’s all pretend anyway , how do they know god isn’t speaking to the LLM?

[-] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 months ago

That kind of thinking is way too cutting edge for a church.

[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Delusional, like it's real life counterparts. Cool.

[-] unreachable@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

"anyone who does not know microsoft tay, will doom to repeat that."

[-] massive_bereavement@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

And I'll be there to enjoy it.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

I wonder how much CP it collected before it got shut down.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 5 points 6 months ago

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.

[-] TubeTalkerX@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago
[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

Brilliant sketch! I am kicking myself for not thinking of it.

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