A visitor to the experimental art installation entitled Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter's Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, on Aug. 25, 2024.Photo by Urs Flueeler/The Associated Press

'AI Jesus' tests humanity's faith in machines and the divine

Two-month run of 'Deus in Machina' exhibit in Switzerland found visitors who talked to 'AI Jesus' often emerged moved or deep in thought

by · National Post

LUCERNE, Switzerland — Would you trust “AI Jesus” with your innermost thoughts and troubles?

Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment in a Catholic chapel in Switzerland, where an avatar of Jesus on a computer screen — tucked into a confessional — took questions by visitors on faith, morality and modern-day woes, and offered responses based on Scripture.

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