@r0ck3t23: Pope Leo XIV just told the world that AI will never feel, never understand, never possess consciousness. He said it wit…
Summary
Pope Leo XIV asserts that AI will never achieve consciousness, a statement that challenges both theological and neuroscientific perspectives.
View Cached Full Text
Cached at: 05/30/26, 04:27 AM
Pope Leo XIV just told the world that AI will never feel, never understand, never possess consciousness.
He said it with the confidence of settled theology.
It is not even settled neuroscience.
He speaks of something no one in human history has ever explained.
Leo: https://t.co/D9jpNlBkWg
Similar Articles
Notes on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI
Pope Leo XIV issued an encyclical on AI ethics, emphasizing human dignity and the interpretability challenge. Simon Willison highlights key passages and discusses the document's significance.
@Pontifex: Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature thro…
Pope Francis states that artificial intelligences lack experiences, bodies, emotions, relationships, and moral conscience, implying they cannot truly understand human concepts.
Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few
Pope Leo XIV calls for AI to serve all humanity rather than just the powerful, emphasizing ethical considerations in AI development.
The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI
Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI, Magnifica Humanitas, focuses not on AI itself but on longstanding issues of inequality, war, and power concentration. The pope argues that AI built by a small elite cannot serve the common good and calls for oversight and disarmament in the AI arms race.
@ylecun: Indeed, AI today does not do or possess any of those things. But at some point in the future they will. Except perhaps …
Yann LeCun responds to Pope Francis, stating that while current AI lacks empathy and morality, future AI may acquire these traits except perhaps spirituality, noting that many humans are not spiritual yet still moral.