Tucked inside a confessional at Peter's Chapel, the "Jesus" avatar collected questions from visitors on morality, faith, and modern-day problems, and offered subsequent responses based on Scripture.

For the people it was clear that it was a computer ... It was clear it was not a confession. He wasn’t programmed to give absolutions or prayers. At the end, it was more of a summary of the conversati

A round-up of news and views about Artificial Intelligence from this week, including AI avatars of a Japanese management guru—and Jesus Christ

Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment through art in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of “Jesus” on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith,

Two-month run of 'Deus in Machina' exhibit in Switzerland found visitors who talked to 'AI Jesus' often emerged moved or deep in thought Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here.