"There's a big problem, a huge problem coming down the line."

Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview with biographer Eloise Allen that “if there’s anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list” (first spotted by The Register). Pope Leo, who is forthright about his views on the new technology, also said that he had been asked for his authorisation to create an AI Pope

“Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with ‘the Pope’,” said the pontiff. “This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, ‘I’m not going to authorize that’.”

  • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
    671·
    16 days ago

    Why would the idea of an AI Pope even make it to the pope?

    The pope is supposed to be God’s messenger on Earth, the idea that man creates its own messenger in place of the one God selected is obviously a huge sin of pride.

    Now I don’t know that the pope is in fact chosen by God, I’m not even confident in the idea of God, I’m just saying the idea itself is an affront to Catholicism.

    Edit: Space Pope might be skirting a technicality here, but I don’t think you can do AI pope even in space.

    • Jessvj93@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      16 days ago

      Already saw a church make use of an AI Charlie Kirk to give a sermon they made up. Dangerous road were on when even Jesus himself can start being used to give whatever twisted message these people using AI are trying to do. Why they ask a living pope tho, is weird.

      • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        16 days ago

        3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

        4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

        5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them

        That sounds like creating a graven image and bowing down to it to me…

        (I also like the part where God says if you have to build a stone alter, using a carved/hewn stone is polluting his work)

      • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        16 days ago

        I think AI will lead to a lot of disillusionment in society. If the church can grab Charlie Kirk’s image and have him say whatever they want, chances are they are doing that same with the word of God.

        It might seem obvious to us that the church is bullshit, but it isn’t for the older generations.

        It’s a bit like how my grandma started assuming every phone call is a scam since AI came out. Half of them were scams before too but she used to just barrel into them.

    • theUwUhugger@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      16 days ago

      A manmade messenger to replace a manmade messenger! As there is no miracle electing the new pope but a unanimous vote decided by deals and schemes of our red friends

      Overall I support ai pope, cause it would be funny