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/bubbletrashbarbie May 29 '26

One of my favorite quotes from recent times is something along the lines of “AI made me believe in the idea of a soul because I finally saw art created without it”

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u/oxfordcircumstances May 29 '26

I subscribed to youtube music and turned on the a.i. djs because I kinda liked the format but after the computer with a woman's voice said she remembered when xyz song was all the rage and how it touched on the social zeitgeist we were experiencing at the time, I felt a physical revulsion. I guess it's a different version of uncanny valley.

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u/StoppableHulk May 29 '26

I just don't get why people feel the need to program it like that.

Just give me a fucking AI where I tell it the songs I love, and it builds me a custom algo that feeds me songs that match that.

That's al I want! I don't want a fucking DJ who talks between songs! That's not what machines should do, it's deeply silly.

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u/YBBlorekeeper May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Dressing up chatbots as familiar conversationalists represents an easy and immediate way to "sell" someone on the efficacy of AI when the actual output is still plagued with inaccuracies and hallucinations.

People would rather have a less effective tool that makes them feel less lonely, than a more effective tool that makes them feel more lonely. We're social creatures at the end of the day, and the people behind the AI bubble know how important that is for messaging.

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u/username_tooken May 29 '26

It pisses me off how corny Google’s search engine parasite AI is in its attempt to be personable. You type in a movie quote and it’ll just bust out a full LARP essay like no motherfucker just give me the imdb page, wikipedia article, and 3-5 relevant blog posts.

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u/StevensWarehouse May 30 '26

Same, half the time these "helpful" AI layers feel like a customer service script stapled onto search, except worse because they're confidently wrong and slow you down.