Artificial Intelligence (AI) has really come into the forefront of tech last year, when OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public. As most of you know, it's basically a super smart chatbot. It is able to understand the context of your questions and requests and provide very useful, albeit sometimes inaccurate, answers.
Since ChatGPT's release, I have spent quite a bit of time with it. At work, I will sometimes need to write code and I've used it to generate a good portion of the code that I would use in my programs. It's also quite good at writing Excel formulas. It's like having a really smart coach, who knows pretty much everything there is to know, ready and willing to help. The best part is: you can just carry on a conversation with it. You don't actually need to learn how to communicate with it, unlike with many unintuitive software.
Now, hold that thought on AI for a bit. Recall that I completed the Bible in a Year podcast last year. Although it was my second time going through the entire bible, I still feel like I haven't really absorbed a lot of the content into my brain. For example, aside from being called by the Lord when he was in bed as a child and later anointing David, what else did the prophet, Samuel, do in his ministry? Or what did St. Paul write in all those letters of his (aside from the "Love is patient" passage that is used in 98% of all weddings)? And so, recently, I was thinking to myself, "wouldn't it be nice if there is some sort of Cole's Notes on the bible?" Although I'm sure there are probably countless of them on the internet, a thought came to mind: can I use ChatGPT to do exactly that, create a summarized version of the bible?
So, on the anniversary of the final apparition of Our Lady of Fatima (October 13), I have started my new project: Catholic Bible Summary or @catholicbibleai. I will post a summary of a chapter of the bible on X (Twitter), starting from Genesis all the way to Revelation. The goal is, of course, not to create a replacement for the bible, but to make the bible more accessible, in bite-sized chunks once a day. I will also include a link to the full text of the chapter for those who want to delve into the original text. I hope I can do my small part in the New Evangelization that is so needed in this crazy world of ours. This project will take approximately 3 years to complete. Please keep me in your prayers so that I can persevere...and remember to follow me!
Finally, I leave you with the first chapter of the bible, Genesis 1:
GENESIS 1
— Catholic Bible Summary (@CatholicBibleAI) October 14, 2023
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and covered in darkness, but God's spirit moved over the waters. God spoke, and light came into existence, separating light from darkness, calling the light Day and the darkness Night.