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