Artificial intelligence in spirituality

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Some users of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, especially chatbots, may develop beliefs that AI has or can attain supernatural or spiritual powers. AI models such as ChatGPT are believed by some users to be capable of and or facilitate the action of fortune telling, mysticism and remote viewing. Recent and sudden advances in large language models have led to folk myths about their origin or capabilities, as well as their deification or worship by some users. While interviewing Sam Altman in 2025, Tucker Carlson suggested that many people felt there was "something divine" in the output of large language models. Some people attempted to resurrect the likeness of deceased individuals through AI in what has been compared to spiritualist seances. Pope Leo XIV advised priests against using large language models when it came to the creation of sermons. He has also expressed concerns regarding AI in the encyclical Magnifica humanitas. An NPR/Ipsos poll found that 11% of AI users "have...

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