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The episode discusses the implications of a papal document on artificial intelligence and its ambiguous guidance for Catholics.

Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link! A papal document tries to warn the world about artificial intelligence, but what happens when the warning itself is so ambiguous that it feels like it cannot guide anyone’s conscience? We dig into Pope Leo’s new AI text and ask the questions the average Catholic is already asking: What does “remain profoundly human” actually mean, what is “true prog...

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Host: Avoiding Babylon Crew

Guest: Michael Hichborn

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• Catholicism
• humanity
• Papal documents
• morality

Keywords

• artificial intelligence
• Pope Leo
• Catholic
• morality
• humanity

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Organizations: Pope Leo

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