What happens when faith and technology literally intersect? This is what Patrick Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, is looking for. He believes that artificial intelligence can be a divine tool and is determined to prove it. Since he left the command of the microchip giant, he has assumed a new mission, they developed an AI aimed at spreading Christian values and preparing the way for the second coming of Christ.
Today Patrick Gelsinger leads the company Gloo, which presents itself as a technological platform that connects the ecosystem of faith. The company already works with more than 140,000 religious leaders and offers customized AI tools for churches, allowing pastors to create their own virtual assistants trained with sermons and biblical content.
The company's most ambitious project is its Christian-aligned AI language model, designed to function as an artificial intelligence that thinks and responds according to Christian values.
In the interview with The Guardian, Gelsinger was direct, “my life's mission has been to create a technology that improves human life and accelerates the coming of Christ”, that vision, according to him, is based on a historical comparison with the impact of Gutenberg's printing press, just as Martin Luther used printing to spread the reform and transform history, Gelsinger believes that AI can be the new tool to shape the spiritual future of humanity, however, Gloo's proposal revives the debate on the fusion between faith and algorithms in the midst of a Silicon Valley increasingly influenced by divergent political and spiritual visions from billionaires like Peter Thiel obsessed with apocalyptic prophecies to Sam Altman describing AI models in almost divine terms.
Gelsinger's initiative raises profound questions. Can artificial intelligence reflect religious values without distorting them? For defenders this is an opportunity to use technology as an instrument of faith and union, for critics it is the harbinger of a new type of digital messianism where codes and beliefs dangerously mix.
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