A sermon written by AI – are robotic rabbis next? The rabbi used the ChatGPT chatbot, a free-to-access AI program launched in November of last year. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: JANUARY 20, 2023 01:55 Updated: JANUARY 20, 2023 08:01

Israeli perspective on artificial intelligence (Illustrative). (photo credit: DAVID YAPHE, EGOR VIKHREV/UNSPLASH)

New York Senior Rabbi Josh Franklin, of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, surprised his congregation earlier this week by delivering a sermon written entirely by Artificial Intelligence (AI.)

The rabbi used the ChatGPT chatbot, a free-to-access AI program launched in November of last year.

After reading the AI-written piece, Rabbi Franklin asked his congregation to guess who had written the sermon. In response, the congregation incorrectly guessed that Rabbi Jonathan Sacks had written the piece.

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