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By Christopher R. Altieri, Catholic World Report, April 26, 2024

Christopher R. Altieri is a journalist, editor and author of three books, including Reading the News Without Losing Your Faith (Catholic Truth Society, 2021). He is contributing editor to Catholic World Report.

It’s a fascinating coincidence that the “Fr. Justin” contretemps came to a head on the day Pope Francis received the CEO of Cisco Systems in the Vatican.

The robot uprising is gon’ be a hoot.

That’s the lesson from this week, one that saw the world’s first-ever sacerdotal AI chatbot ordained and assigned to general ministry, then swiftly laicized and reinvented as an apologist.

The apologetics apostolate, Catholic Answers, launched the “Fr. Justin” AI chatbot character at the start of the week, to basically universal and unanimous outcry that ranged from sober questioning of the project’s prudence to Chicken Little meets Terminator, before Catholic Answers decided to pull the plug. …

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