He is risen?
What would Jesus do...if he were an AI bot built by the worst Silicon Valley Bro?
Mr Jesus follows a down-on-his-luck actor who wakes up one morning to discover that his image has been stolen to make a GenAI Jesus, and now everyone believes he’s the Second Coming. Through this pilot, (m)otherboard is launching a nationwide series of community screenings and facilitated conversations inside faith communities, theological schools, film festivals, and civic spaces to explore the answers to this question. Our discussion guide — developed in partnership with Iliff School of Theology Professor and (m)otherboard member Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi and Pastor Matt Laney — moves audiences from emotional response to theological inquiry to collective agency: What do we value? Who holds power over this technology? And what are we going to do about it?
This effort moves away from lecture series and panels of experts. We are creating spaces for communities to build their own frameworks, their own language, and ultimately their own moral authority to act as citizens in the development and deployment of technology that impacts their daily life in ways both seen and unseen.
“A congregation that deliberates together, supports each other materially, and shares a moral vocabulary is harder to manipulate, harder to monetize, and harder to radicalize via algorithmic feed. And I believe that presents us an opportunity to engage faith communities about technology in ways that may not have been relevant or possible in the past.”
- Emily Best in Mozilla Foundation's Nothing Personal
Join us for the (m)otherboard virtual screening and discussion
Wednesday, April 15
6:00 PM–8:00 PM EDT
Register here
Host your own screening
250+ backers across 20+ states believed in this project before a single frame was shot. Now we need the next wave of folks who will carry the film into rooms we can't reach on our own. Host a screening with your community on Kinema.
Help us spread the good word
· Forward this email to one person who runs a congregation, a book club, a community org, or a film series
· Share the Mozilla Foundation Nothing Personal feature about how quickly Mr Jesus moved from satire to critical commentary
· Repost about the April 15 screening on LinkedIn or Instagram to your networks and communities.
What would you do?
– The God(m)others