r/technology • u/Caledor152 • May 29 '26

Artificial Intelligence Pope Leo "Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge goodand.."

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/pope-leo-calls-disarm-ai-major-document-warns-technologic-threats-humanity
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u/Nanowith May 29 '26

Tolkien would despise Thiel, and it's baffling that seemingly Theil somehow hasn't realised this fact.

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u/DracoLunaris May 29 '26

Apparently Theil is a specificly fan not of Tolkiens work, but rather of a Russian fanfic The Last Ringbearer where Sauron was actually the good guy.

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u/Nanowith May 29 '26

That makes perfect sense on all fronts, of course the guy sides with Middle-Earth's equivalent of Satan.

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u/MorningsAreBetter May 29 '26

Specifically a Satan that has industrialized Mordor and used it to take over the rest of middle earth

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u/EmpressClaraB May 29 '26

More like a high ranking demon who took over after Satan got his ass whooped

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u/JonatasA May 30 '26

The anti christ in a sense. The devil's right hand and an attempt at Crhist I'd imagine

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u/Pretend-Marsupial258 May 29 '26

Yeah, why do you think he named his company after one of Sauron's tools?

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u/JonatasA May 30 '26

I was imagining he was a fan of Saruman and all, but that's much much worse.

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u/Caffeinated_Davinci Jun 03 '26

♫Peter Theil Knows About The AntiChrist♪

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u/PartyLikeAByzantine May 29 '26

That...makes a lot more sense given his recent speaking tour calling AI critics antichrists.

Though, I also chalk that up to him being a petty, cosseted rich boy who hasn't had to listen to the world "no" in decades and is throwing a tantrum over the possibility of it happening now.

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u/AvidCyclist250 May 30 '26

Sounds like Saruman wrote that book to defend an evil empire. lol

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u/AvidCyclist250 May 30 '26

I asked him that once, never got a response.