Tucked inside a confessional at Peter's Chapel, the "Jesus" avatar collected questions from visitors on morality, faith, and modern-day problems, and offered subsequent responses based on Scripture.

In a demonstration of the technology in the chapel, Haslbauer queried "AI Jesus" about its message for a troubled world, and about whether AI could be helpful as a way for people to find God.

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter’s Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

Must be in *** I, Jesus existed for two months and uh there was *** big interest. So many people came to talk with him. So we have like 900 conversations now registered and uh all ages also, I can ...

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter's Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

‘AI Jesus’ avatar tests man’s faith in machines and the divine by: JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press. Posted: Nov 28, 2024 / 01:51 PM CST. Updated: Nov 28, 2024 / 01:52 PM CST.

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter's Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.

About one-third were German speakers, but “AI Jesus” — which is conversant in about 100 languages — also had conversations in languages like Chinese, English, French, Hungarian, Italian ...