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AI priest quickly defrocked after giving users oddball answers, taking confessions like ‘real’ clergyman
Forgive me father, for I’m a sim.
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. “We chose the character to convey a quality of knowledge and authority, and also as a sign of the respect that all of us at Catholic Answers hold for our clergy,” Creek said in a statement. The website has since rebranded the AI as “Virtual Apologist Justin” — which is essentially the same gray man but instead, he’s wearing a shirt and jacket with the same city background.
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