divrAI torah are taking off
People, including rabbis, are starting to notice ChatGPT
As a brief follow-up to my post about Artificial Insermonation…
I’ve noticed an uptick in discussion and use of ChatGPT creating sermons. Well, I’m at fault for at least some of it. But given that it is the cool new toy that everyone is talking about, rabbis would use it for their sermons, at least as a talking point upon which to base their sermons. Here is a quick roundup of ones I’ve spotted. Please feel free to note others in the comment section.
For a bar mitzvah boy, at Young Israel of New Hyde Park (connecting the Mendele the bar mitzvah boy to Vayishlach and algorithms) - I helped…
For my son, at Beth Aaron, alongside real divrei Torah I had made for that week, I passed around this chat connecting the bar mitzvah boy to Vayeshev, Minecraft and Python.
At Beth Aaron this week, as part of his derasha, the rabbi had ChatGPT connect Miketz to Beth Aaron and tie in the word polychromatic; as well as another one connecting himself to jelly donuts.
The rabbi at Rinat used a ChatGPT dvar Torah on Vayeshev as a jumping-off point to discuss how much we incorporate Hashem into our sermons and our lives.
[Update: Also, the rabbi at Young Israel of Oceanside, comparing a sermon about Chanukkah with a human-created one, connecting it to Miketz and the power of dreams.]
I predict that even after the novelty wears off, this might be useful for creating some divrei Torah, to create the scaffolding or to collect sources which the rabbi might be able to weave together more creatively.
Let me know if you have spotted any other such usages out in the wild.