The market in religious chatbots is now quite healthy. If you’re Episcopalian you can go to Ask Cathy; if you’re Catholic there’s Magisterium; if you’re a Latter-day Saint there’s LDSBot; if you’re Muslim there’s Ansari; and if you’re Jewish you can go to Rav Dicta, or use of the services that lets you talk to the avatars of famous historical rabbis.
Zohar Atkins is the creator of Yochai, a chatbot designed for engaging with Jewish texts, rather than just getting answers to Jewish questions. We demoed the newly-launched product and talk about how AI might change Jewish learning.
About Belief in the Future: Technology and religion sometimes seem like oil and water, but they’ve been crossing paths for centuries and aren’t going to stop. Hosted by DZ Kalman, Belief in the Future is a production of Sinai and Synapses. It was made with support from Templeton World Charity Foundation.
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