Don't religion and ML have a lot in common? Random data waste (aka. Bullshit), using a lot of resources, fucking children and hallucination, all for a little bit of comfort and illusion for poor humans?
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2025
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Global theft. They laundered the nazi's gold.
Pretty groundbreaking. Makes you wonder why none of the previous Popes commented on these so called AI gatherings...
The only pope who probably would have had a chance to comment meaningfully on this development would have been his predecessor Francis, a Jesuit - they are the guys who desperately try to believe in the big man and the scientific method at the same time. He was relatively more at ease with modern tech. He was also old an infirm before he was recalled, which is the time when OpenAI burst onto the scene. This new guy is from a less science-minded order of Catholicism. So it isn't that surprising that he is sceptical in public about it and we maybe didn't hear that much about it from his predecessors.
Interesting, I never knew the different orders had focuses like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuits#In_science
I'd take the opinion of a Jesuit over any other sort of Christian.
Isn't the Pope kind of the last person who'd be "goddamned"?
(I realize that the whole dogma centers around "we are all irredeemably imperfect" but come on)
Or the first depending on your views of god and religion ;)
Ask a typical protestant and he will inform you that the Pope is in fact the steward of the seat upon which the antichrist will sit.
At my job, they're doing a thing where you have to "create an agent" or you get fired. Because nothing says a great, useful tool like some bullshit you're forced to use through threats.
May I ask what industry?
Software. It gets worse all of the time.
Come on Leo, there's money to be made. This isn't the time to consider consequences. If I don't get it someone else will.
But seriously, it's a pretty good argument against a guy sitting on $10 billion talking about wealth inequality.
I read that first line in Rick Sanchez' voice lmao.
I mean religious leaders and religious people in general will be one of the biggest skeptics of new tech so this is not necessarily surprising, but yeah still agree with pope here just don't think it's surprising that he is against it
Eh, I think that can go either way. Their level of skepticism seems to depend on their congregation, and more specifically, the culture that has taken off within their congregation. The religious people around me are Mormon, Evangelical, and Catholic. Anecdotally, the Mormons and Evangelicals are pretty pro-AI, with the most religious ones also being the most hyped about it. Every Catholic I know is indifferent to AI. The same was true for cryptocurrency a few years ago.
The Pope vs the Machines… the B rated dystopian sci-fi we didn’t know we don’t need…
He's afraid because people are choosing AI to confess and his income is falling down.
I think the Catholic church should abide by an "ethical criterion", but I'm not going to get what I want either am I? AI isn't going anywhere, and nothing will stop it.
Except the bubble popping and energy bills skyrocketing.