Millions Turn to AI Chatbots for Spiritual Guidance and Confession
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The article discusses how millions are turning to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession, sparking a discussion on the implications of using non-judgmental language models for personal and sensitive matters.
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Given the concreteness of the output they provide, I'll be quite surprised if there aren't people out and out worshiping language models before the decade is out.