There’s been a lot about AI in the news lately, though so far as I know, not much has been written about the relationship between AI and the doctrine of transubstantiation. Granted, some people have commented on ChatGPT’s ability to produce a perfectly sound account of this doctrine, but I’m not aware of anyone drawing a direct connection between the nature of artificial intelligence itself and transubstantiation. But I think there is a connection, and this is to do with what is meant by the word artificial and what can be accomplished artificially.