Church in Switzerland is using an AI-powered Jesus hologram to take confession [Video]

Some modern technologies may seem miraculous, but never has that been quite so literal.

Thanks to technological advances, worshipers at a church in Switzerland can now speak directly to Jesus – or at least an AI version of him.

As part of an art project called ‘Deus in Machina’ (God in a Machine) St Peter’s Church in Lucerne has installed an AI-powered Jesus hologram to take confessions.

Worshipers simply voice their concerns and questions to get a response from the digitally-rendered face of Jesus Christ.

At least two-thirds of people who spoke to AI Jesus came out of the confessional reporting having had a ‘spiritual’ experience.

One impressed worshiper told news outlet DW: ‘I was surprised, it was so easy, and though it’s a machine, it gave me so much advice.’

While the installation is only temporary, St Peter’s Chapel says that similar chatbots could one day take on some of the responsibilities of church pastors. 

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