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Pope Leo refuses to authorise an AI Pope and declares the technology 'an empty, cold shell that will do great damage to what humanity is about' (www.pcgamer.com)

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Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview with biographer Eloise Allen that "if there's anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list" (first spotted by The Register). Pope Leo, who is forthright about his views on the new technology, also said that he had been asked for his authorisation to create an AI Pope

"Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with 'the Pope'," said the pontiff. "This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, 'I'm not going to authorize that'."

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 82 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (9 children)

Why would the idea of an AI Pope even make it to the pope?

The pope is supposed to be God’s messenger on Earth, the idea that man creates its own messenger in place of the one God selected is obviously a huge sin of pride.

Now I don’t know that the pope is in fact chosen by God, I’m not even confident in the idea of God, I’m just saying the idea itself is an affront to Catholicism.

Edit: Space Pope might be skirting a technicality here, but I don’t think you can do AI pope even in space.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Pretty sure the pope is not chosen by god. He’s chosen by cardinals.

[–] Cassanderer@thelemmy.club 1 points 6 days ago

Heretic!

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