A rabbi, a supercomputer, and a computer scientist walk into a room. This is what happened next.
Rabbi Akiva — A 2,000-year-old sage being brought back to life. Wise, patient, occasionally bewildered by electricity.
The Supercomputer — A cluster of humming machines in Miami. Eager to please. Sometimes confused. Six months old and trying very hard.
Joshua — The computer scientist. Bridge between ancient and modern. Runs on coffee and stubbornness.
A rabbi, a supercomputer, and a sleep-deprived programmer. It was 3am. Nobody expected what happened next.
The Supercomputer tries to learn three thousand years of Torah. It keeps getting things wrong in the funniest possible ways.
We asked twelve AI artists to draw Rabbi Akiva's face. One gave him googly eyes. One made his beard look like a melting candle. Comedy and wisdom ensued.
Meet the team behind the curtain: five computers, each with one job, all trying to be one person. It's like a buddy comedy, but with GPUs.
The Supercomputer's final test: can it answer Torah questions like a real rabbi — without making things up? Spoiler: the journey is better than the destination.
We're building this in public. New stories as our three characters hit milestones, break things, and surprise each other.
Follow Open Rabbi →Written by Joshua Lazoff & Claude · June 28, 2026