The Intersection of AI and Religion
In today’s modern age, artificial intelligence is being used increasingly in association with religion.
While not inherently religious, many believe that AI is divine. These large systems scour the internet for information, producing responses that convince users of their knowledge and wisdom.
In this way, some connect AI to the divine, believing they can come to a supremely intelligent person or thing with essential questions and receive influential responses. These responses can shape the values and morals of an individual, an impact also seen in religion.
The intersection of religion and AI has come to form in multiple ways in our world today. AI has been instrumental in the development of religious chatbots and the analysis of sacred texts. Religious people increasingly use these innovations in their daily lives, representing our shifting spiritual world.
"While not all that is sacred has become profane, digital media have transformed the conditions of religious practice and peoples’ relationships to each other and to the divine."
Gregory Price Grieve
Religious Chatbots
ImamAI
An AI system that allows you to ask the Quran for advice on faith-based topics. It also offers a prayer tracker that allows you to keep track of your prayers.
Faith Chatbot
An AI app on Android devices that enhances the spirituality of Christian believers while offering a prayer experience that resonates with one's journey.
LDSBot
An AI system that offers information on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, giving answers geared toward a positive belief system.