In his ~43,000-word encyclical, the Pope urged governments to slow down AI development and decried “new forms of slavery” in AI and tech supply chains
> He writes that Just War theory is now “outdated”, that the “litmus test” for social justice is the treatment of migrants & apologizes for the church's slowness in condemning slavery.@catholicsat:Some initial thoughts on Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas: Similar in feel and style to the verbose documents of the Pontificate of Francis, filled with Tucho's voice especially on the emphasis on discernment. The TL;DR is AI is not inherently evil but is
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@ralph_grabowski
Ralph Grabowski
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The Pillar hosts Catholic bloggers commenting on the pope's statement on ‘safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence’ at https://www.pillarcatholic.com/ .... The ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ [latin for magnificent humanity] statement itself is at https://www.va…
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@disclosetv
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NOW - Professor Anna Rowlands, says that encyclicals “traditionally expose false idols,” and that in Pope Leo's XIV first major encyclica he cautions that “we will not be saved by AI either, or its post and transhumanisms.” [video]
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@ctrlamb
Christopher Lamb
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Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI goes beyond questions of changing technology —> He writes that Just War theory is now “outdated”, that the “litmus test” for social justice is the treatment of migrants & apologizes for the church's slowness in condemning slavery.
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@catholicsat
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Some initial thoughts on Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Letter Magnifica humanitas: Similar in feel and style to the verbose documents of the Pontificate of Francis, filled with Tucho's voice especially on the emphasis on discernment. The TL;DR is AI is not inherently evil but is
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
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The Pope is the world leader who has shown the clearest & deepest thinking about the impact of AI. — He likens AI to the Industrial Revolution which replaced factory workers with machines and argues its impact is too significant to be governed only by AI labs, investors, and bi…
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@fritzbischoff
@fritzbischoff
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Pope Leo urges world to ‘slow down’ on AI in fervent first manifesto — Interesting read, seems at least Leo arrived in 21st century. — www.reuters.com/business/med...
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@joshmcelwee.org
Joshua McElwee
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Pope Leo urged governments to slow down the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war. For @reuters.com
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@avandeursen@mastodon.acm.org
Arie van Deursen
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Wait what? — > Popes do not usually attend the presentation of their encyclicals, but Leo is set to present his in person at the Vatican alongside Christopher Olah, a founder of Anthropic, a major A.I. developer, and several Catholic prelates and theologians. — https://www.ny…
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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity
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A religious leader saying something relevant to today, I'm shocked! /s
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Pope Leo urges world to ‘slow down’ on AI in fervent first manifesto