In May, Pope Leo XIV published a 43,000-word encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” which took AI to the cleaners. AI vendor Anthropic tried very hard to sway the contents of Magnifica Humanitas. They …
  • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    54 minutes ago

    I was raised Catholic, but am an atheist now. Yet I gotta say I have a LOT of respect for this guy - for someone who’s the leader of the most famous branch of Christianity (so far as I know), he seems very surprisingly down-to-earth. I hope he’s able to move the rest of the flock in that direction as well.

    • Zensate@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 minutes ago

      The reason you have a lot of respect for him, is because he’s basically acting as atheist as you can while still being the pope for the church.

      That’s great for atheists like us, but it makes him a terrible pope.

      • motoxjake@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        16 minutes ago

        I’m curious why you say it makes him a terrible Pope. A lot of Catholics thinks he is great too. Some don’t. It’s all subjective really isn’t it?

  • BeUnique@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    35 minutes ago

    Even people that believe in a mythical creature in the sky aren’t dumb enough to believe AI is conscious

    • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      4 minutes ago

      The ones who are more leader than sheep, maybe. The rest? Absolutely most of them will believe whatever they’re told by those seemingly in authority to them. They’ve been trained to be good little mindless minions since early childhood.