[jakebasile]

> [...] [I]n the long run, choosing to evade the effort of thinking for ourselves and settling for artificial statistical compilations threatens to diminish our cognitive, emotional and communication skills.

Probably the pull quote of the (short) thing for me. It lines up exactly with my personal experience, and is probably one of the biggest overall dangers of this technology aside from mass unemployment and making my RAM cost too much.

I'm very glad that Pope Leo continues to speak about AI in such clear ways. It's obvious he and/or the Curia really get it and the costs and dangers it has.

[netsharc]

I agree with the Pope's message, but I wonder if religious leaders worry/are motivated to speak by the fact that that AI might "steal" their audience.

I wonder what e.g. the Ayatollah of Iran would say about the use of AI. Is there an AyatollahGPT?

[catlikesshrimp]

"if religious leaders worry/are motivated to speak by the fact ..."

Yes, IMO. But the topic is, or almost is, too complicated for the general public.

I just (right now) explained the document to a cathechist and her mind went to how video games harm the youth, which is tangential. I then explained "do not renounce to your ability to think" applied to feeds and fake news, which caused confusion; discussion is required for that. Again, this is a devote interested in education, I can _fear_ imagine how it would go with most people.

[tylerflick]

If only he had the power to excommunicate entities from the internet.

[muro]

> one of the biggest overall dangers of this technology aside from mass unemployment and making my RAM cost too much.

That's a beauty.