Prof. Dr Beth Singler
@bvlsingler
Anthropologist/Geek thinking about how you think about AI & robots. Assistant Professor in Digital Religions at UZH. Bvlsingler.com. She/her. 🌈
Ah, this explains why I am feeling so much older lately :D :D :D
In Rome and getting ready to present at #EUARE2026 in about an hour, as a part of the URPP Digital Religion(s) day of panels on Religion and Spirituality on the Frontier of Emerging Technologies :)
Decided to name and shame, because the person who emailed this to me has now found not only that there are numerous hallucinated citations but also something very suss with the data of the paper and is going to the publisher
A new classic of AI slop from FB. The dearly missed Anthony Head at his own funeral...
A reminder that sirens tempt you with the desires of your heart. That's how they got me with a packet of custard creams and a regular D&D game...
I thought I would check in with Gemini, and it at least knows I've not written a novel or been long-listed for a Booker, but it falsely thinks I am a regular judge of other prizes! :D
Sometimes I watch interesting documentaries on religion that are not directly related to my research on AI for a mini 'break'. So, for instance, Christian Nationalism and the alleged Christian revival in the UK. And then this appears on screen... www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSnH...
Sorry Tony Kent, seems I am getting the credit and a Booker long listing too
the most recent meme in your photo roll describes your mental state
This is forthcoming, but pretty apt for the present moment with Palantir... damn the slowness of academic publishing! “AI, Religion, and Neoliberalism: From ‘Thin Pagan Religion’ to ‘Appifying’ Jesus”, in Guest, M. and Bielo, J. (eds), The Handbook of Religion and Neoliberalism, Bloomsbury
Yep, I am doomed to be known as the author of this non-existent Numen article...
Oh, look what Google's AI does when I search online for the hallucinated paper again...