Oh Lord, Here Comes A.i. Jesus

Joseph L. Kimmel, Boston College Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways: from a prophet who alerts his audience to the world’s imminent end to a philosopher who reflects on the nature of life. But no one has called Jesus an internet guru – that is, until now. In his latest role as an “AI Jesus,” Jesus stands, rather awkwardly, as a white man, dressed in a hooded brown-and-white robe, available 24/7 to answer any and all questions on his Twitch channel, “ask_jesus.” Questions posed to this chatbot Jesus can range from the serious – such as asking him about life’s meaning – to requesting a good joke. While many of these individual questions may be interesting in their own right, as a scholar of early Christianity and comparative religion, I argue that the very presentation of Jesus as “AI Jesus” reveals a fascinating refashioning of this spiritual figure for our AI era. Reinterpreting Jesus Numerous scholars have described how Jesus has been reinterpreted over the centuries.

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