New AI Encyclical Is a Battle for Humanity’s Future
Leo XIV is pushing back against the Silicon Valley dogma that intelligence is computation and consciousness just code.
A few days into his pontificate last May, Pope Leo XIV got a business pitch.
Someone proposed building an AI deepfake version of him so website visitors could have virtual papal audiences.
“I said, ‘I’m not going to authorize that,’” Leo recalled. “If there’s anyone who shouldn’t be represented by an avatar, I would say the pope is high on the list.”
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