Pope Leo XIV dislikes AI, won’t authorise creation of AI Pope - Hypertext
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The Pope is concerned that an AI version of him would blur the lines between truth and fiction.

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37697209

  • Pope Leo XIV has said he will not authorise the creation of an AI avatar of himself, as it would blur the lines between truth and fiction.
  • The Pope also noted that he is concerned with AI’s impact on human dignity and jobs.
  • If automation replaces too many people and only a few can work, that could be a “huge problem” the Pope said.
  • Avicenna@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    3 months ago

    Can’t believe Catholic church pope election results are the only ones getting progressively better in the last decade.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      The mechanisms of change in the catholic church are slow. This causes a fuckton of problems but it does mean sometimes they keep improving while everything else nodedives

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    pasting the quote here because the post title is confusing

    “If we automate the whole world and only a few people have the means with which to more than just survive, but to live well, have meaningful lives, there’s a big problem, a huge problem coming down the line,” the Pope said per the National Catholic Reporter.

  • individual@toast.oooEnglish
    131·
    3 months ago

    friendly reminder from an athiest; this pope is a good dude and a mathematician, he knows what’s up.

    • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      Boggles the fucking mind that an elderly white male high ranking Catholic is a sane and solid pick for president considering the current state of things.

      If the founding fathers were still alive, the very idea of this would kill them.

      • individual@toast.oooEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        ha, honestly I think it boggles the mind of anyone who was alive before (the last) Pope Francis.

    • brachiosaurus@mander.xyzEnglish
      23·
      3 months ago

      friendly reminder from an athiest; this pope is a good dude and a mathematician, he knows what’s up.

      friendly reminder from someone that doesn’t label himself according to his beliefs in fairy tales: the pope is the ceo of a bigot cult that use fear to manipulate and control people. He’s not a good dude and has a history already of defending fellow cult pedophiles.

    • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      06·
      3 months ago

      Do you point out that you are an atheist to give credit to your comment? Sad…

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        He’s been a very very bad man. Thank you for your attention on this matter.

        • Kami@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          06·
          3 months ago

          The pope? I mean… I’d say pedophiles are worse than “very very bad”, but I can see why you people think it’s just a minor (pun not intended) thing.

    • philosloppy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      The integralists and post-liberal techbros are gonna get together to make an AI sedevacantist pope for their little fiefdom. Which would certainly explain why a gay billionaire would pick JD Vance as his political protege

    • Stamau123@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      “We must negate the machines-that-think. Humans must set their own guidelines. This is not something machines can do. Reasoning depends upon programming, not on hardware, and we are the ultimate program! Our Jihad is a “dump program.” We dump the things which destroy us as humans!”

  • Allero@lemmy.todayEnglish
    21·
    3 months ago

    Lack of jobs is not a problem; the system that makes us work BS jobs or die is.

    AI replacing some of the workforce is a good thing; businesses firing people they don’t need anymore and state leaving them without a safety net is the core issue.

    Being against a new wave of automation is just being a luddite. Yet, as religion generally supports the capitalist mode of production and conservative policy, it cannot offer a way out and just blames tools for societal shortcomings.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      The luddites had good reason for being against automating away jobs. Hint: it’s the same system you’re calling an issue now.

      Let’s abolish capitalism first and THEN see about making everyone redundant.

  • ratten@lemmings.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I genuinely believe my republican neighbors and I can unite on forming a lynch mob for the ruling class.

    This is fucking bullshit and we only have too little because they have too much.

    • DrunkenLullabies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      The church is always gonna suck but my family are quite liberal Catholics who believe in bodily autonomy etc. I’m agnostic personally, I put my time into Catholic school

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
      01·
      3 months ago

      Hah! I came to hope the Pope might be invited to see how China is utilizing AI and hear their plans for giving people the means to more than exist.