One church’s experiment of using AI in its confessional booth is facing mixed feedback.

Widely reported as a hologram, the Jesus avatar itself actually appears on a curved monitor behind the confessional screen, Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported.

An experimental art installation with an AI Jesus entitled, Deus in Machina, installed in a confessional in St. Peter's Chapel in the old town of Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.