Science & Technology - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
August 8th, 2023
What would you text Jesus? A new AI-powered app called 'Text With Jesus' lets users exchange texts with Jesus and some 30 other biblical figures. The app says it isn't replacing prayer, but critics may think otherwise.
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May 5th, 2023
Will we all soon belong to AI-generated religions? One historian says that if AI development goes unchecked, it may lead to the world's first AI-generated faiths, designed by AI to ultimately turn humanity on itself.
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March 6th, 2023
We have rules for cooperating with our fellow humans, but how does AI fit into the equation? What does living alongside robots look like? Those are the tough questions that faith leaders are grappling with.
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November 14th, 2022
Are we alone in the universe? A team at NASA is taking a look at the Great Filter theory, which posits that intelligent life existed out there, but that they destroyed themselves. Are we next?
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July 12th, 2022
NASA just unveiled the first photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope. The breathtaking images show the spot near where the universe was formed shortly after the Big Bang, some 13.7 billion years ago.
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June 15th, 2022
What makes us human? A Google engineer says that an AI he was working on recently gained sentience, but when he reported these beliefs he was placed on leave. Are we on the cusp of a robotic revolution?
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December 30th, 2021
NASA's apparently recruited 24 of the world's leading theologians to predict how the world's major faiths would react to the confirmation of extraterrestrial life. Um, something you need to tell us, NASA?
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December 14th, 2021
What did Jesus Christ look like? That depends on who you ask. While Western depictions of Christ have often shown him as fair haired and white skinned, historians and theologians say he likely looked very different.
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September 27th, 2021
Scientists believe they've discovered the origins of the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah, arguing that it likely originated from a real life event - the destruction of a Middle Eastern city some 3,600 years ago.
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