{"id":5242,"date":"2025-09-16T13:14:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ai-claiming-god\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:14:57","slug":"ai-claiming-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ai-claiming-god\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Now Claiming to Be God"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A slew of religious smartphone apps are allowing untold millions of users to confess to AI chatbots, some of which claim to be channeling God himself.<\/p>\n

As the New York Times<\/em> reports<\/a>, Apple’s App Store is teeming with Christian chatbot apps. One “prayer app,” called Bible Chat, claims to be the number one faith app in the world, boasting over 25 million users.<\/p>\n

“Our AI was trained exclusively on Scripture and developed with guidance from Christian pastors and theologians,” the company’s website<\/a> boasts.<\/p>\n

“Greetings, my child,” a service called ChatWithGod.ai told one user, as quoted by the NYT<\/em>. “The future is in God\u2019s merciful hands. Do you trust in His divine plan?”<\/p>\n

Religious leaders told the NYT<\/em> that these tools could serve as a critical entry point for those looking to find God.<\/p>\n

“There is a whole generation of people who have never been to a church or synagogue,” A British rabbi named Jonathan Romain told the paper. “Spiritual apps are their way into faith.”<\/p>\n

Instead of going on long pilgrimages or driving to the closest place of worship, users can simply turn to AI chatbots to seek spiritual guidance.<\/p>\n

It’s a fascinating new development, especially considering the language surrounding companies attempting to “build God<\/a>” by developing an AI that can vastly surpass human intelligence.<\/p>\n

However, while users are finding that chatbots are an accessible way to get in touch with their religious side, they’re not much more than a cheap parlor trick behind the scenes, essentially reshuffling holy texts by using clever statistical modeling.<\/p>\n

Worse yet, experts worry that AI’s strong tendency<\/a> to please the user may have unintended consequences.<\/p>\n

The AIs “tell us what we want to hear,” Texas A&M technology and religion professor Heidi Campbell told the NYT<\/em>. “It\u2019s not using spiritual discernment, it is using data and patterns.”<\/p>\n

Researchers have also warned that countless people are using AI chatbots for companionship<\/a>, which in extreme cases\u00a0are driving some into dangerous spirals of delusion<\/a> in the form of “AI psychosis<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“It shouldn\u2019t be something where it replaces human connection,” prayer app Hallow founder Alex Jones told the NYT<\/em>. “It does not have a soul from the church\u2019s perspective.”<\/p>\n

In short, it’s a dystopian new spin on spirituality in the digital age \u2014 and one that just might be poised to change the face of religion itself.<\/p>\n

More on AI and God:<\/strong> A Bunch of Incredibly Sleazy AI Apps Are Claiming to Be Jesus Christ Himself<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The post AI Now Claiming to Be God<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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