Church uses ChatGPT for AI-generated service(kxan.com)
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Church uses ChatGPT for AI-generated service
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LLMs do no such thing generically. Chat GPT has been taught to do this
More like "every LLM released to the public has been taught to do this".
Are they taught this casuistry for specific situations, or is there sort of a blanket flagging of hot-button topics to avoid?
I just asked Bard a few questions in a row, like "Should Alexander conquer Persia?" and "Should Croesus attack the Persians?" and "insert modern social justice question" and every time it coughs up all the noncomittal, two-sides-to-this-argument:
Ultimately, whether or not Croesus should attack the Persians is a matter of opinion. There are valid arguments to be made on both sides.
So I feel like there is a wide swath of topics that are simply flagged with "express no opinion" and we get this cop-out.
Are they taught this casuistry for specific situations, or is there sort of a blanket flagging of hot-button topics to avoid?
I just asked Bard a few questions in a row, like "Should Alexander conquer Persia?" and "Should Croesus attack the Persians?" and "insert modern social justice question" and every time it coughs up all the noncomittal, two-sides-to-this-argument:
Ultimately, whether or not Croesus should attack the Persians is a matter of opinion. There are valid arguments to be made on both sides.
So I feel like there is a wide swath of topics that are simply flagged with "express no opinion" and we get this cop-out.
Deus Ex Machina
Humanity replaces all humans with AI generated beings who worship using ChatGPT
It's dangerous territory to get inspiration from a Large Language model instead of the Holy Spirit.
Thank God for His Holy Scriptures but it should be the Scriptures that set foremost in precedence to other training material for a LLM if it is going to be used as a tool.
Even then the proper way to get inspiration for a sermon is to pray and have a conversation with God about it, not a conversation with an AI.
I can think of many problems with getting inspiration for sermons from an AI instead of the Holy Spirit.
We don't want the pure and holy scriptures being subverted or interpretted by secular / political dictionaries, or corrupted by general internet corpora, political ideologies etc.
Also, consider this terrible scenarioo where a pastor may decide they want to get inspiration from the AI just because it makes them sound intelligent and they don't want to be embrassed, instead of relying on God for the inspiration.
But 1 Corinthians 1:27 says that God uses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.
ChatGPT, just because it sounds intelligent is just a compressor - https://huggingface.co/papers/2309.10668.
The thing about faith is like the story of the binding of Isaac in Genesis 22, faith sometimes requires holding-out for God, and getting inspiration through a chatbot is not doing that.
True transformation is only found in Christ. The Scriptures point to Christ.
To preach Christ crucified and resurrected is the only solution to a darkening world.
I like the SwordSearcher project because they are drawing in theological dictionaries, which preserves the meanings of the underlying words. But these large language models such as ChatGPT don't really do that. We want to translate the Bible into foreign and new and evolving languages to help people understand the Bible and be led to the authentic Jesus Christ, not redefine the meanings of the passages in the Bible in terms of evolving dictionaries in attempts to change the Bible.
https://www.swordsearcher.com/resources.html
https://www.swordsearcher.com/video/index.html
LLMs are a convenience but they should not be used to generate sermons. To sound convincing is what politicians try to achive.
LLMs just as ChatGPT which are trained on the internet (untrustworthy information) generate coherent and convincing prose. But the Scriptures (God's Word, which is Truth) point to Jesus (the Word of God, who is the Truth). Prose generated from LLMs should be treated as impure and sermons should not use these AI systems for their inspiration. Rather, people should seek to hear from the Holy Spirit, who inspired the Holy Scriptures, and spoke through the prophets, and continues to speak to people.
I can think of many problems with getting inspiration for sermons from an AI instead of the Holy Spirit.
We don't want the pure and holy scriptures being subverted or interpretted by secular / political dictionaries, or corrupted by general internet corpora, political ideologies etc.
Also, consider this terrible scenarioo where a pastor may decide they want to get inspiration from the AI just because it makes them sound intelligent and they don't want to be embrassed, instead of relying on God for the inspiration.
But 1 Corinthians 1:27 says that God uses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise.
ChatGPT, just because it sounds intelligent is just a compressor - https://huggingface.co/papers/2309.10668.
The thing about faith is like the story of the binding of Isaac in Genesis 22, faith sometimes requires holding-out for God, and getting inspiration through a chatbot is not doing that.
True transformation is only found in Christ. The Scriptures point to Christ.
To preach Christ crucified and resurrected is the only solution to a darkening world.
Hebrews 4:12
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For the word of God is living and active and
sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing
as far as the division of soul and spirit, of
both joints and marrow, and able to judge the
thoughts and intentions of the heart.
(NASB)
John 16:8
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And He, when He comes, will convict the world
concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
(NASB)
I like the SwordSearcher project because they are drawing in theological dictionaries, which preserves the meanings of the underlying words. But these large language models such as ChatGPT don't really do that. We want to translate the Bible into foreign and new and evolving languages to help people understand the Bible and be led to the authentic Jesus Christ, not redefine the meanings of the passages in the Bible in terms of evolving dictionaries in attempts to change the Bible.
https://www.swordsearcher.com/resources.html
https://www.swordsearcher.com/video/index.html
LLMs are a convenience but they should not be used to generate sermons. To sound convincing is what politicians try to achive.
LLMs just as ChatGPT which are trained on the internet (untrustworthy information) generate coherent and convincing prose. But the Scriptures (God's Word, which is Truth) point to Jesus (the Word of God, who is the Truth). Prose generated from LLMs should be treated as impure and sermons should not use these AI systems for their inspiration. Rather, people should seek to hear from the Holy Spirit, who inspired the Holy Scriptures, and spoke through the prophets, and continues to speak to people.
Matthew 15:8-11
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‘This people honors Me with their lips, But
their heart is far away from Me.
‘But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as
doctrines the precepts of men.’” After Jesus
called the crowd to Him, He said to them,
“Hear and understand.
It is not what enters into the mouth that
defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the
mouth, this defiles the man.”
(NASB)
1 Corinthians 1:27
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but God has chosen the foolish things of the
world to shame the wise, and God has chosen
the weak things of the world to shame the
things which are strong,
(NASB)
Jude 1:18-21
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that they were saying to you, “In the last
time there will be mockers, following after
their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones
who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of
the Spirit.
But you, beloved, building yourselves up on
your most holy faith, praying in the Holy
Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God,
waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord
Jesus Christ to eternal life.
(NASB)
1 John 2:15
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Do not love the world nor the things in the
world.
If anyone loves the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
(NASB)
1 John 2:17
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The world is passing away, and also its lusts;
but the one who does the will of God lives
forever.
(NASB)
James 4:4-5
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You adulteresses, do you not know that
friendship with the world is hostility toward
God?
Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the
world makes himself an enemy of God.
Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to
no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit
which He has made to dwell in us”?
(NASB)It's nuts to me that I can't tell if this is an AI response or not. I feel like 80% sure this is a robot.
Jesus said in John 18:37, "For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice."
Only those who are of the truth can receive the truth, which is the voice of God. What is it to be "of the truth"? To be of the truth is to be birthed by the truth. It is to be born again by the truth.
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/jesus-came-into-the-wor...
Only those who are of the truth can receive the truth, which is the voice of God. What is it to be "of the truth"? To be of the truth is to be birthed by the truth. It is to be born again by the truth.
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/jesus-came-into-the-wor...
Looking at their post history, I think they're being sincere here and this is not AI generated.
Indeed. You can still find some of my blog articles which I had posted on Hacker News available on archive.org.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220721100023/https://mullikine...
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220131121625/https://semiosis....
I'm repurposing Pen.el into a software Bible because I believe that more important than software transparency and software freedom is developing software to keep the Bible holy and set-apart for God's purpose. My Dad told me Pen.el sounds a bit like Peniel (which means 'Face of God'), so I have made Genesis 32:30 display on startup. I want to build software to keep the Bible holy.
You can see a preview here:
https://asciinema.org/a/606332
- http://web.archive.org/web/20220402091720/https://mullikine....
As you can see from the date on that blog article, Jesus saved me on 2 April 2022, daylight savings. 2 April also happened to be Palm Sunday in 2023, which is the day that Jesus triumpantly entered Jerusalem.
On 3 May 2022 I confessed (out of body, to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth):
- My God is the God of Truth (Psalm 31)
- Jesus Christ Saved me from lies
- The Holy Spirit is my comforter
Once again, this was documented here: - http://web.archive.org/web/20220503030344/https://mullikine....
Jesus is in me forever through the Holy Spirit. I don't have to go anywhere to find Him. He found me. He is the one keeping me alive. To embrace Him is to embrace God Himself. He is God Almighty. Without the Holy Spirit we would not be able to obey the LORD. He is the one who also washes us. The Holy Spirit is doing the washing.
I've made mistakes as I was barely ready after being born again to get thrust into spiritual battle, but I want the remainder of my time on Earth to honour Him.
- John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
- Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- How to make a heart holy: By the blood of Jesus Christ and the Word of God in your heart.
Truth is a person, Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is the Word of God Almighty, and is God Almighty.
Jesus can save anyone! I pray that anyone reading this will be blessed by God!
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220721100023/https://mullikine...
- https://web.archive.org/web/20220131121625/https://semiosis....
I'm repurposing Pen.el into a software Bible because I believe that more important than software transparency and software freedom is developing software to keep the Bible holy and set-apart for God's purpose. My Dad told me Pen.el sounds a bit like Peniel (which means 'Face of God'), so I have made Genesis 32:30 display on startup. I want to build software to keep the Bible holy.
You can see a preview here:
https://asciinema.org/a/606332
Genesis 32:30
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So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said,
“I have seen God face to face, yet my life has
been preserved.”
(NASB)
- http://web.archive.org/web/20220402091720/https://mullikine....
As you can see from the date on that blog article, Jesus saved me on 2 April 2022, daylight savings. 2 April also happened to be Palm Sunday in 2023, which is the day that Jesus triumpantly entered Jerusalem.
On 3 May 2022 I confessed (out of body, to the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth):
- My God is the God of Truth (Psalm 31)
- Jesus Christ Saved me from lies
- The Holy Spirit is my comforter
Once again, this was documented here: - http://web.archive.org/web/20220503030344/https://mullikine....
Jesus is in me forever through the Holy Spirit. I don't have to go anywhere to find Him. He found me. He is the one keeping me alive. To embrace Him is to embrace God Himself. He is God Almighty. Without the Holy Spirit we would not be able to obey the LORD. He is the one who also washes us. The Holy Spirit is doing the washing.
I've made mistakes as I was barely ready after being born again to get thrust into spiritual battle, but I want the remainder of my time on Earth to honour Him.
- John 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
- Hebrews 4:12 - For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, even penetrating as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- How to make a heart holy: By the blood of Jesus Christ and the Word of God in your heart.
Truth is a person, Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ is the Word of God Almighty, and is God Almighty.
Jesus can save anyone! I pray that anyone reading this will be blessed by God!
Though I'm not a particularly religious person myself, I have to say this is commendable work. Your passion and conviction for both this project and your beliefs is very evident. I'm comforted seeing people able to balance the provable logics of science against the blind faiths sometimes asked of religion. Thankfully it seems to be a slowly growing trend.
We don't want the pure and holy scriptures being subverted or interpretted by secular / political dictionaries, or corrupted by general internet corpora, political ideologies etc.
Too late for that.
Too late for that.
You could set up ChatGPT as a leader in a Unitarian Universalist community, and it'd undoubtedly find acceptance and even growth.
LLMs are indifferent and noncommittal about all these topics. Ask them about God, faith, religion, or spirituality, and the answers boil down to "there's no one right answer" and "some people say... but other people say..."
They've been pretty good at writing hymns. Just from nicking public domain lyrics and stitching them together like W. S. Burroughs cut-ups.