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AI won’t bring you closer to God
Machines are quietly sliding into roles once filled by friends, elders, counsellors and pastors.
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In the search for spiritual guidance, people are bowing to screens as they turn to AI for answers, says the writer.
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Catherine Thorbecke
Where do you turn to when you need guidance? Lately, most people I know bow their heads towards their screens.
The loudest debates about artificial intelligence (AI) still surround productivity and economic growth. But a Harvard Business Review study last year found that the top uses for generative AI were much more human: for therapy/companionship, to organise life and to find purpose
