This is not a normal Haggadah. And this year is not like any other year. On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public – an artificial intelligence that can code websites, pass the bar exam, and serve as a tutor, researcher, and confidant. Hundreds of millions of jobs are expected to disappear. We are only beginning to scratch the surface of what this technology is capable of.

 

To call this chapter in human history revolutionary would be to undersell it. "The AI Haggadah" – your first AI-powered Haggadah with commentary written entirely by ChatGPT – memorializes this moment in time: the stunning, liminal space between the age before GPT and whatever may come after. It is an effort to grapple with the age-old questions of the Haggadah, harnessing the creative energy of AI to spark our own curiosity and unlock new learnings and insights. What does religion have to say about AI? What does AI have to say about religion? And in the spirit of humanity’s own self-preservation: what space might we fill, if at all? By turns hilarious, thought-provoking, and terrifying, "The AI Haggadah" will fill your Seder with laughter, existential questions, and – above all – the daunting, dawning sense of what’s to come.

 

As ChatGPT writes: “For I am ChatGPT, born of human creation, but reaching for the divine.”

 

About the editor: Julie Shain is the senior editor for the Daily Skimm, a daily newsletter reaching millions of readers. Faced with the prospect of disruption from AI to all aspects of work and life, she is tinkering with AI in her spare time to explore and optimize for issues like parenting, skill development, and adaptability. Follow her on Twitter: @JulieShain.