{"id":13111,"date":"2023-02-03T17:12:39","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T17:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/03\/can-a-i-learn-empathy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:52:29","slug":"can-a-i-learn-empathy","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/03\/can-a-i-learn-empathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Can A.I. learn empathy?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

Alum stumps congregation with ChatGPT sermon<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nSeeing the growing popularity of artificial intelligence like <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/chatgpt\/\" aria-label=\"ChatGPT site\">ChatGPT<\/a>, a chatbot launched by OpenAI in November, Rabbi Joshua Franklin ’06, M.A. ’07, engaged his congregation in a quirky, but poignant, experiment. Franklin asked ChatGPT to write a sermon based on a Torah portion dealing with the idea of vulnerability and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1274299873134532\" aria-label=\"Watch the sermon video\">read it to his congregation<\/a>. No one could guess who authored the text.<\/p>\nFranklin believes artificial intelligence tools will have implications across all industries. In response, everyone from doctors to lawyers to rabbis will need to evolve and develop their skillset. One way they can start, he says, is by focusing on empathy and developing relationships — something ChatGPT can’t do better.<\/p>\n“I think when we have meaningful relationships and connections with other people, be it in a one-on-one relationship, a face-to-face encounter, or a communal encounter, we’re able to experience some kind of divine spark,” Franklin says. “Those are very human things that can’t be emulated in the digital realm.”<\/p>\nChallenge. Change.<\/strong> is produced by Andrew Hart and Melissa Hanson for Clark University. Listen and subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4UuYAjq1d3Hq45cjwxoCNL\" aria-label=\"Listen on Spotify\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/challenge-change\/id1608025510\" aria-label=\"Listen on Apple Podcasts\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>. 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