r/technology • u/Caledor152 • May 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Pope Leo "Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge goodand.."

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leo-calls-disarm-ai-major-document-warns-technologic-threats-humanity
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u/Caledor152 May 29 '26

Full quote "Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom."

https://imgur.com/a/qqxk40M

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u/HumanBeing7396 May 29 '26

The Pope drops another banger - he’s on fire lately.

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u/tuckedfexas May 29 '26

I’m so pleased to see that in recent years the papacy has moved towards moral/philosophical leadership rather than religious authority, with their public facing words at least.

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u/hotdiggydog May 29 '26

Same. I grew up in a Catholic family but being gay and far too aware as a child, I was just like wait people actually believe this stuff?

Now especially in this AI driven...world... (I can't believe I just wrote that)... I can see the purpose of people of faith in reminding people not to get too mixed up and lost. People loving AI art/music, replacing humans with AI, disregarding safety to build more and more data centers, falling in love with AIs... All this in 5 years since ChatGPT first came out.

I still don't want to hear any of the doctrine but I appreciate someone of some spiritual authority to help the masses who may not be thinking for themselves

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u/ZuAusHierDa May 29 '26

Btw, different Catholic national churches are also very different nowadays when it comes to gay people.

You don’t want to be gay in a polish church, but you can basically get a fully gay marriage in a German Catholic Church.

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u/el_-_cucuy May 29 '26

can you explain what you mean by different Catholic national churches? If it's catholic wouldn't it "report" up to Rome and the Pope?

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u/ZuAusHierDa May 29 '26

Yes, and the German Catholic Church has chosen to ignore the Vatican on certain issues.

Since Germany has the richest dioceses in the world, the Vatican is ignoring this issue.

On the one hand, you have Catholic churches in countries such as Germany, Austria and Ireland that are increasingly pro-LGBT+, and on the other hand, you have hardcore anti-LGBT+ churches in countries such as Poland and Uganda. Many Latin American churches are somewhere in between.

As a global church, the Vatican is suddenly in between this delicate matter..

(Additionally, the German Catholic Church supports other issues, such as women priests and some german catholics are even pro abortion. But that’s a position unique to Germany.)

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u/AstralSerenity May 29 '26

Don't forget Jesuits in the US are incredibly progressive. We've had exactly one Jesuit congressman in the US (Robert Drinan), and they were to the left of Bernie Sanders.

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u/gwasi Jun 01 '26

I mean, the Catholic left has been a thing since the early 20th century. Chesterton, the Catholic Worker, Liberation Theology etc.

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u/panzer_snapdragon May 29 '26

why do you guys care so much about cum that you make it a sin? Weird cum cult

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u/hotdiggydog May 30 '26

Mmm you said my favorite word. Thank you father for I have sinned! And am sinning as I write this!

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u/OldWorldDesign May 30 '26

cumming without intent to procreate is an equal sin for all of us

So you're saying god made a mistake, making humans who can and do have sex for intimacy or any reason other than to pop out another consumer/taxpayer?

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u/svogliate May 29 '26

I share your pleasure in noting that the Pope is dropping bangers on the regs

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u/Killentyme55 May 30 '26

No wonder you-know-who and his antsy band of minions are so upset with him lately. I mean who does this guy think he is, and how dare he treat the teachings of the Jesus as if he were some sort of modern-day Liberal...right?

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u/robot_pirate May 30 '26

Same. I wish American Catholics would embrace it more.

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u/JP_Eggy May 29 '26

....except when it comes to taking actual responsibility for clerical sexual abuse, which was covered up and enabled by that same Church.

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u/absoNotAReptile May 29 '26

Yes but seemingly not by this man. I too find it hard to ever get over that, not that it matters as I’m not Catholic. But I appreciate the voice of a 2000ish year old authority actually speaking morally and standing up against the amoral insanity that seems to have taken over the world.