Haunted Machines

Some fringe conspiracy theorists are connecting COVID-19 vaccines to the mark of the beast. A religion scholar explains why the biblical reference should be considered in its first-century context.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rarely out of the news or the public imagination. Images of red-eyed Terminators illustrate press accounts of incremental advances in medical diagnosis, facial recognition, natural language processing, and robotics. Such advances are transforming society through measurable impacts on people’s decisions and opportunities. Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction explores an emerging field with a religious studies approach, drawing on cultur

Ancient traditions meet modern technology.

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Pakistanis are looking for certainty. Astrologers on YouTube want to help.

Are AI-generated sermons the future of faith? With religious attendance falling, faith groups are turning to new technologies to attract members.

Cryptic life guidance is one thing. Telling me to ditch my therapist is another.

Seeing a computer create sermons in mere seconds has led faith leaders to wrestle with an intriguing problem: Can AI replicate a truly human, spiritual message? And if it can, is the computer just that good, or does the human message need some work?

Over 300 Protestant Christians congregated in Germany for a unique church service orchestrated largely with AI tools.