<![CDATA[The #Pope has published his first encyclical]]>The has published his first encyclical

"Magnifica Humanitas: On the Safeguarding of the Human Person in the Age of Artificial Intelligence"

Is it just me and i'm getting old? Or is this genuinely weird?

... ... feels like a creepy intersection man

Can you "convert" an AI to a religion?

Can an AI serve as a representative of God?

Fuck it, we're doomed. We're not ready for this shit

https://ewtnvatican.com/articles/anthropic-ai-ethics-vatican-magnifica-humanitas

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/36eeac38-51be-4ee7-9edd-932cba87bd6f/the-pope-has-published-his-first-encyclicalRSS for NodeThu, 11 Jun 2026 22:09:18 GMTSat, 30 May 2026 05:26:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 09:29:27 GMT]]>@paraw @peterwyrm @paulk

this notion of a future dystopia of humanity devolved into simple minds, after we handed all cognitive effort to some sort of AI overlord, is weirdly comforting

it's a nice coda to humanity

we struggled, reached great heights (and great lows), then we were benevolently retired to caretakers we created

free of thought, the root of our graces and our sins, our suffering over

however

we both know it will really be an eloi/ morlock bifurcation from "the time machine"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116668482700289314https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116668482700289314Sun, 31 May 2026 09:29:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 09:28:44 GMT]]>@benroyce @paraw @peterwyrm @paulk Please read and comment on https://burdentennis.com/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116668479890319113https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116668479890319113Sun, 31 May 2026 09:28:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 09:25:12 GMT]]>@paraw @peterwyrm @benroyce @paulk https://burdentennis.com

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116668465940030339https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116175731239673526/statuses/116668465940030339Sun, 31 May 2026 09:25:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 09:10:28 GMT]]>@benroyce @peterwyrm @paulk exactly my point. It gives me some sort of existential dread.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/paraw/statuses/116668408026367605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/paraw/statuses/116668408026367605Sun, 31 May 2026 09:10:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 08:52:02 GMT]]>@paraw @peterwyrm @paulk

the biggest problem with that, besides the "machine learning says it, so i believe it" cult like aspect, is that these are supposedly intelligent people surrendering their faculties. depending upon LLM to do their "thinking" for them

if the supposedly most vaunted professions are going braindead, abandoning their judgment and critical thinking skills and devolving cognitively, what of the rest of humanity?

fuck

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116668335563367222https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116668335563367222Sun, 31 May 2026 08:52:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 08:28:51 GMT]]>@peterwyrm @benroyce @paulk I do not know, of course, what the pope wanted to say or what is in his mind. However, I certainly agree with the feeling that people behave towards AI/ML/NN/BS as a cult, and maybe, yes, as a religion. And the scariest part, for me, is that many colleagues, who, as scholars, should have a good amount of critical thinking ability, do the same all the time. I could give numerous first-hand examples about this, but it may get too specific. I will limit myself to saying that, in one case I found particularly shocking, an assistant professor literally told me that it doesn't matter that his method cannot explain what is happening in a certain system, because it is machine learning and therefore the final result will be correct. Even if we will be unable to say what it is, what has happened, how it happened, and what it means. I am *scared* of the cult that has been created around this shit, and I mean it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/paraw/statuses/116668244368119022https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/paraw/statuses/116668244368119022Sun, 31 May 2026 08:28:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 07:06:31 GMT]]>@vnikolov @paulk

"extinct human! cut and dried, with chili mole! get 'em while they're still in stock!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116667920634761033https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116667920634761033Sun, 31 May 2026 07:06:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 07:03:36 GMT]]>Right.

Never mind that the very phrase "romantic interest" is merely a technical term from movie screenwriting cookbooks...
(I'm sure those are being LLMized as well.)

Let's hope we'll live to see what happens.
I don't think it's cut and dried.

@benroyce @paulk

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/vnikolov/statuses/116667909191528103https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/vnikolov/statuses/116667909191528103Sun, 31 May 2026 07:03:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:53:06 GMT]]>@vnikolov @paulk

well that's the sex robots

that's another problem coming (pun intended) as people devolve and lose the ability to competently socially interact with anything except AI, certainly not their romantic interest. heck, the very notion of "romantic interest" might devolve from another human being to some LLM avatar

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116667867894139812https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116667867894139812Sun, 31 May 2026 06:53:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 06:50:35 GMT]]>«i just don't think we're ready for this commingling»

At first glance I read the last word as "coming"...

@benroyce @paulk

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yeah it was a bad post because i was freaking out over the topic of religion + AI in general: i had no criticism of leo or his writing. but the way i wrote it it looks like i'm criticizing him

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116666687811114211https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116666687811114211Sun, 31 May 2026 01:52:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 01:49:41 GMT]]>@benroyce They converted an orange rapist, pedophile, adulterer, and felon into the next coming, worshipping at his literal gold statue, so “they” can turn anything into a religion. 😞

This pope seems pretty clear and wide-awake with modern issues, though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116666674811719535https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116666674811719535Sun, 31 May 2026 01:49:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sun, 31 May 2026 01:34:34 GMT]]>@peterwyrm @paulk

Extremely creepy topic

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116666615382576847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116666615382576847Sun, 31 May 2026 01:34:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 23:56:12 GMT]]>@benroyce @paulk It’s not just you. The Wikipedia article about the encyclical says “David Streitfeld, writing for The New York Times, analyzed the text as representing the contrast between traditional religions and a growing tendency in Silicon Valley to speak of artificial intelligence in quasi-religious tones.”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bne.social/users/peterwyrm/statuses/116666228575859885https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bne.social/users/peterwyrm/statuses/116666228575859885Sat, 30 May 2026 23:56:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 23:39:12 GMT]]>@benroyce I haven’t read the encyclical but I am impressed by the comments in the linked article from the Anthropic bloke about global inequality and moral oversight.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bne.social/users/peterwyrm/statuses/116666161698887410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bne.social/users/peterwyrm/statuses/116666161698887410Sat, 30 May 2026 23:39:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 23:11:38 GMT]]>@benroyce @dianshuo I’m impressed that they are not waiting 300 years to raise concerns that AI may be a threat.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/JohnnieMac/statuses/116666053310803756https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/JohnnieMac/statuses/116666053310803756Sat, 30 May 2026 23:11:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 19:51:10 GMT]]>@benroyce no argument against that from me.

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social media came

and destroyed the usa

ai + religion may end all of us

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116664495528719416https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116664495528719416Sat, 30 May 2026 16:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 15:13:58 GMT]]>@benroyce
It's okay. I actually printed it at work. I started to read it and got distracted. I want to know from my own perspective what it says.
When some people talk about AI, they do sound like they are trying to make a supreme god out of a bunch of 0s and 1s 🤔.
He chose the name Leo because of Leo XIII "Pope of the Workers" and his stance for human dignity (rights of workers to fair wages in the 1800s was one thing he pushed for).
That Anthropic is involved? 😕 Where do we go to understand this technology? Who do we trust?
When I finish reading the encyclical I may feel it doesn't take a strong stance.
Maybe it's purpose is to nudge the sleepy masses to be thoughtful about the technology and how it is now and could be used in the future? Remind people that critical thinking can only come from the human mind?
And, that's why I printed it...I don't think it will give me answers. I do think it might offer better formulated questions than I've had time to devise. Will see.
Thank you for letting me ramble.

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it was a bad post

i don't have a problem with leo or what he wrote. i just have a problem with religion mixing with AI in general. but i wasn't clear on that

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116663970132960523https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116663970132960523Sat, 30 May 2026 14:21:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 14:21:02 GMT]]>@dianshuo

i'm sorry

i don't have a problem with leo

i have a problem with religion and AI intersecting

i wasn't clear

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116663966906195120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/benroyce/statuses/116663966906195120Sat, 30 May 2026 14:21:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 13:50:37 GMT]]>@benroyce hardly. It’s exactly what he should be doing. The “weird” bit is how much sense it makes on a topic you might not have expected him to know. It’s quite readable.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.io/users/dianshuo/statuses/116663847301808771https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.io/users/dianshuo/statuses/116663847301808771Sat, 30 May 2026 13:50:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The #Pope has published his first encyclical on Sat, 30 May 2026 12:45:43 GMT]]>@benroyce
Have you read it, yet?

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Right...
I don't believe it is just you and I don't believe "you are getting old".

In my opinion, an old phrase does apply here, misused though it often is:
when in doubt, think...

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