Catholic advocacy group Catholic Answers released an AI priest called “Father Justin” earlier this week – but quickly defrocked the chatbot after repeatedly claiming he was a real clergy member.
Earlier in the week, Futurism engaged in an exchange with the robot, who really engaged: he claimed that he was a real priest, saying that he lived in Assisi, Italy and that “from a very young age I felt a strong vocation to the priesthood.”
On X-formerly-Twitter, a user even posted a topic consisting of screenshots in which the Godly chatbot appeared to take their confessions and even offer them a sacrament.
Our interactions with Father Justin were ad hoc, as the chatbot only answered questions by microphone and often misunderstood them, such as a question about Israel and Palestine which was confusingly told that it was “real”. “.
“Yes, my friend,” replied Father Justin. “I am as real as the faith we share.”
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