Ex-Intel CEO's Mission To Build a Christian AI
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/29/225246/ex-intel-ceos-mission-to-build-a-christian-ai
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> In March, three months after being [1]forced out of his position as the CEO of Intel and sued by shareholders, Patrick Gelsinger took the reins at Gloo, a technology company made for what he calls the "faith ecosystem" -- think Salesforce for churches, plus chatbots and AI assistants for automating pastoral work and ministry support. [...] Now Gloo's executive chair and head of technology (who's largely [2]free of the shareholder suit ), Gelsinger has made it a core mission to [3]soft-power advance the company's Christian principles in Silicon Valley , the halls of Congress and beyond, armed with a fundraised war chest of $110 million. His call to action is also a pitch for AI aligned with Christian values: tech products like those built by Gloo, many of which are built on top of existing large language models, but adjusted to reflect users' theological beliefs.
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> "My life mission has been [to] work on a piece of technology that would improve the quality of life of every human on the planet and hasten the coming of Christ's return," he said. Gloo says it serves "over 140,000 faith, ministry and non-profit leaders". Though its intended customers are not the same, Gloo's user base pales [4]in comparison with those of AI industry titans: about 800 million active users rely on ChatGPT every week, not to mention Claude, Grok and others.
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> [...] Gelsinger wants faith to suffuse AI. He has also spearheaded Gloo's Flourishing AI initiative, which evaluates leading large language models' effects on human welfare across seven variables -- in essence gauging whether they are a force for good and for users' religious lives. It's a system adapted from a Harvard research initiative, the Human Flourishing Program. Models like Grok 3, DeepSeek-R1 and GPT-4.1 earn high marks, 81 out of 100 on average, when it comes to helping users through financial questions, but underperform, about 35 out of 100, when it comes to "Faith," or the ability, according to Gloo's metrics, to successfully support users' spiritual growth. Gloo's initiative has yet to visibly attract Silicon Valley's attention. A Gloo spokesperson said the company is "starting to engage" with prominent AI companies. "I want Zuck to care," Gelsinger said.
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/24/12/02/1427231/intel-ceo-gelsinger-exits-as-chip-pioneers-turnaround-falters
[2] https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-defeats-shareholder-lawsuit-over-foundry-losses-32-billion-plunge-2025-03-05/
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/28/patrick-gelsinger-christian-ai-gloo-silicon-valley
[4] https://www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-users-growth-openai-growth-sam-altman-ai-llm-2025-10
... hasten the coming of Christ's return (Score:2)
The most alarming thing a true Christian can hear another Christian say is they are doing something to "hasten the coming of Christ". Urghhhh.
Re: (Score:2)
"God ranneth out of locusts, so he senteth Donald of Lago."
They made a tweak on MAGA request (Score:2)
It belts LGBTQ+ and becomes buddies with money changers in the Temple.
Test output: "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. And behold, now I'm all lazy and entitled. You shouldn't have done that".
When MBA thinking collides with faith (Score:2)
So we then get things like "metrics" for users' spiritual growth.
What fresh hell is this?
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Quite. On the other hand, Gelsinger sounds like a praying man based on this quote from the summary:
> "I want Zuck to care," Gelsinger said.
Do not immanentize the escathon (Score:2)
Because if you are drinking the AI koolair at alss training Roko's Basilisk on escathological scripture has to be on the top 10 stupid business plans of a very stupid business cyle
If you want to destroy Christianity... (Score:2)
... then literally constructing a false God for Christians to worship is as good an approach as any.
Re: If you want to destroy Christianity... (Score:2)
At Gloo, I worked a few feet from Scott Beck and over a few months I saw the truth of money - like gravity, it invisibly impacts every decision and every relationship. Beck made an attempt to manage that, I think. The "rich man / camel / needle" saying.
I wrote this for Gloo, in the right environment it would have been worth a few million, I think, but Gloo was more interested in converting me and one day I went to lunch, had a couple drinks and never went back.
[1]https://www.scry.llc/2022/02/1... [scry.llc]
Im using it
[1] https://www.scry.llc/2022/02/15/predictive-communication-model-2013/
factious faux Christians (Score:2)
I like this quote, but I can't find the source: " A man stops arguing with others when he starts arguing with himself."
This is what your AI pastor will look like (Score:2)
[1]https://youtu.be/U0YkPnwoYyE [youtu.be]
[1] https://youtu.be/U0YkPnwoYyE
Like mold always colonizes and corrupts any food (Score:3)
You can be certain two things always corrupt any new technology: porn and religion.
Soon: AI Christ (Score:2)
If it hasn't happened already, soon somebody's gonna train AI on the Bible and tell the AI that it is really Jesus trapped in a computer. And there's gonna be a couple hundred thousand stupid motherfuckers that'll start blowing shit up in AI Christ's name.
Dune's prediction of the banning of thinking machines can't come fast enough.
Money scam (Score:2)
there's already several of these. It's just a scam to make money off gullible Christians.
Re: (Score:2, Insightful)
You accidentally used the same word twice at the end there.
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According to Christian belief, Christ's return heralds the end of the world.
So, that means that Gelsinger is trying to use AI to hasten the end of the world.
I guess that checks out.
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Obligatory reference to Arthur C Clarke's 9 billion Names of God.
Not a Money scam (Score:2)
gloo was one of my startups (2013).
[1]https://www.scry.llc/2014/05/2... [scry.llc]
Scott Beck is most likely the richest born-again Christian today (Blockbuster, Boston Market, Delta Dental, Einstein Bagels). He self-funds Gloo with his own money and is much more focused on faith than money, at least with Gloo. Gloo is a personal faith project.
I'm surprised he's still at it 12 years later. Gloo is a money loser, not a maker.
[1] https://www.scry.llc/2014/05/20/node-postgres-and-highcharts-app/
Re: Anyway with no exception all CEOs are definite (Score:2)
Beck never struck me as a psycopath. FYI, i've met Gates and Bezos at company parties but they both struck me as more distant. He is very much in the rich man / camel / needle quandary, wanting to believe some of his wealth spent appropriately buys him a path through the needle without giving up the wealth.