On October 31, 2023, the YouTube channel EKiRInternet premiered a three-dimensional Luther avatar that is controlled by AI and looks photorealistic. The avatar was created using a painting of Martin Luther as a visual basis and answered questions as if Martin Luther were speaking today.¹ With the help of modern AI algorithms, a painting of the reformer was converted into a photorealistic representation. The result is an avatar that behaves like a real person and can interact in space.
These interactions took place on the XRHuman platform in the Metaverse and were broadcast live on YouTube¹. Using ChatGPT technology, the Luther avatar was able to answer questions from the audience in real time. The AI was programmed to give answers similar to Martin Luther¹.
Ralf Peter Reimann (Internet Officer of the Protestant Church in the Rhineland) and I initiated and implemented the cooperation project with the Metaverse platform XRhuman.
We see great potential in making historical figures accessible to a broad target group through the use of AI and providing new impetus, including for the church.
Up to 150 people took part in the live chat and over 100 questions were answered.
Sources:
(1) Ask Martin Luther your questions on Reformation Day - presse.ekir.de.
https://presse.ekir.de/presse/D89F4DDA59924D37B70A56665710E09C/stell-martin-luther-am-reformationstag-deine-fragen.
(2) Live video of the event with Luther on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/live/uBwCHNYvgRY?si=fO_aXVeSNdpPzC4R
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