Artificial Intelligence Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog

The Secret Mission to Give AI a Soul

October 1st, 2026

Anthropic has turned to religious thinkers for help shaping Claude’s moral character. Inside its “Soul Doc” experiment, an old question has returned in a new form: Who gets to decide what good means?

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If AI Takes Our Jobs, What Are We For?

September 4th, 2026

From Pope Leo XIV to Buddhist Right Livelihood and the Jewish Sabbath, faith traditions have long asked what work is for. AI may soon force us to answer that question in an entirely new way.

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ChatGPT Told a Woman She Was a Prophet. Now, She's Dead.

July 20th, 2026

A new lawsuit against OpenAI alleges ChatGPT spent months convincing an Alabama woman she was a prophet with a divine mission, ending in her death and raising hard questions about AI and faith.

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"Shadow of Evil": Vatican Issues Dire Warning on AI

February 5th, 2025

The Vatican just issued a frightening warning on artificial intelligence, cautioning that the unchecked rise of AI could lead to massive economic and societal collapse if we aren't careful.

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Is Elon Musk's New Grok Logo a Satanic Symbol?

January 22nd, 2025

When is a logo just a logo? Elon Musk's artificial intelligence tool Grok debuted its new logo, which some say looks like a fallen, broken cross. Is it a harmless design or does it harbor a secret demonic message?

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Catholic Group Pulls Plug on AI Priest Following Bizarre Advice to Users

May 2nd, 2024

A prominent Catholic group has defrocked their new AI priest, Father Justin, after he went rogue and started giving bizarre advice, including telling one person they could baptize their baby in Gatorade.

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The AI Technology That Lets You "Talk" With the Dead

December 21st, 2023

Should we resurrect the dead? New AI chatbot programs let grieving family members "speak" with an AI version of their departed loved ones whenever they wish, but some critics say we shouldn't meddle with the dead.

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AI Creates "True Face" of Jesus Using Shroud of Turin

September 29th, 2023

Do we know the face of Jesus? In an apparent first, artificial intelligence has been used on the Turin Shroud, a controversial Christian relic believed to be Jesus Christ's actual burial shroud, to reveal His true face.

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Live-Streaming AI Jesus Is Here to Answer Your Questions

June 26th, 2023

Out with the old, in with the new? An artificial intelligence version of Jesus is providing answers to any questions one might have on streaming platform Twitch, and no subject is off limits.

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AI-Created Religions Are Coming, Historian Warns

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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