Virtual Pastor: Virtualization, AI, and Pastoral Care

This paper explores innovations in AI and virtual reality that could reshape pastoral care delivery. This includes approaches that preserve the paradigm of a human care provider interacting directly with a client, and others in which the provider is not present in real time or care is provided by a...

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主要作者: Young, William (Author)
格式: 電子 Article
語言:English
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出版: 2022
In: Theology and science
Year: 2022, 卷: 20, 發布: 1, Pages: 6-22
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
RB Church office; congregation
RG Pastoral care
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Theology
B Pastoral Care
B Augmented Reality
B Artificial Intelligence
B Virtual Reality
B Clergy
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總結:This paper explores innovations in AI and virtual reality that could reshape pastoral care delivery. This includes approaches that preserve the paradigm of a human care provider interacting directly with a client, and others in which the provider is not present in real time or care is provided by a digital system. We investigate the feasibility of automated pastoral carebots and issues these would raise. We conclude that carebots are not yet able to provide pastoral care. However, technological progress ultimately may compel religious communities to confront new questions about the potential for automating relationships in ministry.
ISSN:1474-6719
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology and science
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.2012915