[HN Gopher] AI-powered church service in Germany draws a large c...
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AI-powered church service in Germany draws a large crowd
Author : samizdis
Score : 27 points
Date : 2023-06-12 17:21 UTC (5 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
| ilrwbwrkhv wrote:
| Germans have this innate desire to end their civilization through
| technoanarchism.
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| bitsinthesky wrote:
| This is awesome. As a curious outside observer of Christianity, I
| don't know what to think about it. Is it satire? A curiosity?
| Ironically, the churches that are experimental and brave enough
| to put on this show are probably the least robotic in their world
| view and sermons and visa versa. I'm glad there are churches that
| are confident enough in their faith to be able to take a step
| back like this and enjoy the zeitgeist.
| danjoredd wrote:
| As a Christian, I feel pretty gross reading it. If it brings
| them closer to God then I suppose it is alright. Part of the
| draw, at least for me, is hearing different preacher's takes on
| scripture and having my views challenged. I don't think AI can
| accomplish that.
| constantcrying wrote:
| Why? Are the organizers sure that less human to human interaction
| and more blatant alienation due to technology will drive people
| to go to church?
| Barrin92 wrote:
| It's a gimmick to attract younger people to the church and seem
| less antiquated. We have heavy membership losses in both the
| Catholic and Protestant denominations for many years now, and
| most people who still actively attend church are on average
| very old.
| ftxbro wrote:
| this some cyberpunk shit
| euroderf wrote:
| Videodrome made flesh.
| Melting_Harps wrote:
| > this some cyberpunk shit
|
| Next up, non-virtual crucifixions for the visceral devotees in
| order to _keep it real_ again [0].
|
| Seriously, given how terribly morose the Catholic church is, I
| really don't see it being out of the realm of possibility.
|
| As for this, its a PR stunt; less and less people are attending
| church in most of the Western world and the move towards
| secularism is a sign of progress if it can be coupled with a
| healthy sense of community.
|
| Too much blood has been shed for these fairy tales and the fact
| that Humanity has a deep fixation with making Gods out of
| everything should be turned inward and turn into a reverence
| for Nature and the environment which keeps them alive rather
| than some scriptures written by archaic ways of living and
| thinking by most organized religion.
|
| I study AI and ML and to be honest this is the most low hanging
| fruit one can think of when seeking spiritual guidance in Life,
| or using data to enhance and improve many things: this is
| clearly not one of them.
|
| What is the underlying usecase(s)?
|
| Are there going to be a new legion of AI-based televangelist
| preachers spamming every medium available because their Human
| counterparts can't or won't anymore? Seems to me that this will
| go the way of subscription based everything and hidden as a
| form of tithing to the few who remain.
|
| 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8itBd3cahA
| kbigdelysh wrote:
| Attracting people to religion is a wrong use of AI.
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