https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-religious-chatbots-1.6896628
'As Vandana Poddar performs the Hindu puja ceremony daily at her home shrine in
Mumbai, she's guided on her spiritual journey by the
Bhagavad Gita, a
700-verse scripture.
She even attends a weekly class dissecting the deeper meaning of the ancient
religious text, with her teacher providing examples to illustrate a particular
passage.
"Interpretation is the backbone of this text," Poddar, 52, told
CBC News.
"Superficial knowledge can be misleading."
But many in India are foregoing that in-person contact with a guru interpreting
the
Bhagavad Gita and turning to online chatbots, which imitate the voice of
the Hindu god Krishna and give answers to probing questions about the meaning
of life based on the religious scripture's teachings.
It's new technology with the tendency to veer off script and condone violence,
according to experts, who warn that artificial intelligence chatbots playing
god can be a dangerous mix.'
Via
The RISKS Digest Volume 33 Issue 75:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/33/75#subj18
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
