https://twitter.com/catholiccom/status/1782829157245923598Yet, as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and this was certainly the case for Father Justin, who, instead of sticking to Catholicism-aligned responses, went full-on Martin Luther and seemingly kicked off its own branch of Christianity.
Setting aside the very notion of creating an AI priest, which hundreds of Christians understandably found very troubling, the answers Father Justin provided were just as controversial, with the mechanical cleric blessing a marriage between a brother and sister, telling one user that it's perfectly fine to baptize a baby in Gatorade, and saying that he is "as real as the faith we share". While it was most likely just another instance of a generative AI "hallucinating", a.k.a. making stuff up, considering how multifaceted the topic of religion is, it's no wonder that many were offended by this experiment.
Following the immense backlash they faced on social media, Catholic Answers quickly demoted Father Justin to "just Justin", giving the model a new set of clothes and the title of Virtual Apologist without actually removing the chatbot from the internet.
80 LEVELEven the clergymen's jobs aren't safe!
