This while as @taylorlorenz.bsky.social has reported, actual chaplains are being AI surveilled and their social care work Taylorised.

Prof. Dr Beth Singler

There's already a few more performative examples of this kind of bot, like the Jesus AI that was indeed in a confessional. But there would have to be some interesting theological and doctrinal flips made to have this replace 'true' confession in the RCC: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...