When the Word Is Not Just Flesh: Reporting on A.I. in Religion

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As a reporter covering the technology industry, I spend a lot of time thinking about artificial intelligence.

Billboards for A.I. companies are scattered around my neighborhood in San Francisco. I regularly talk to people — company executives, my friends and family — about A.I. chatbots. I even tried using A.I. clones to fix my dating life.

So when I came across…