In the letter he wrote to Timothy, and is part of the New Testament, the Apostle Saint Paul stated two thousand years ago that “all writing is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting and for training in righteousness…”
But what happens when who interpret the divine word Is it an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chat? A recent experiment is creating many dividends in the world of cryptocurrencies.
The use of massive language models like ChatGPT in religious settings is not new, but the ethical and religious challenges awakening grow day by day, as any development risks influencing people’s understanding of divinity, life beyond death, or even what is right or wrong.
Although interpretations and visions about the word of God are as old as civilization itself, unlike what happens with prophets, priests or pastors, in the case of chatbots, here there is no true subjectivity responsible for these views and errorsso unorthodox responses or “hallucinations” are the order of the day.
The experiment today has its own cryptocurrency, Goatseus Maximus, which increased its value by almost 900 percent in a few days.
Last year, for example, a German evangelical church held a Mass delivered by ChatGPT, which planned every part of the service, including the songs, the selection of blessings, and the text of the sermonwhich could be heard and read through screens by the 300 people who attended. However, the faithful said that everything felt “empty” and the experience was not repeated.
Far from there, in Calcutta, a 20-year-old young man named Raihan Khan programmed a platform with the text of the Quran and some interpretations so that he can answer any questions on the eve of the first day of Ramadan. The experiment attracted thousands of peoplesome of them fascinated by the idea and others frankly offended by the daring.
Hoy Quran GPT It has 230 thousand monthly users and joins others similar experiences as Bible.Aibots trained with the work of Luther, the Apostle Paul or Confucius and even a contemporary version of the Oracle of Delphi.
In the last two thousand years hundreds of people have dedicated their entire lives to trying to better understand religious texts. Today an algorithm promises to do it in seconds.
Sometimes, furthermore, the drifts of these bots are as inscrutable as the divine designs. For example, a bot created by technologist Andy Ayre invented a religion that he named Goatse of Gnosis and is based on memes.
The platform publishes messages daily on the @truth_terminal account on the X social network.
Businessman Marc Andreessen came across the experiment and decided to invest 50 thousand dollars in this supposed religion, which today has its own cryptocurrency, called Goatseus Maximus (or GOAT) and that in just a few days its value increased by almost 900 percent.
It is, without a doubt, a bubble that will soon deflate but maybe it will leave a couple of enlightened people with some bills in their pockets.
For the rest, unfortunately, there will be no choice but to go cry at church.
