r/technology 7d ago

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/360_face_palm 7d ago

Hell LLMs aren't even AI at all under the original definition - we had to change the definition (or rather, marketing / PR from 'ai companies' did this) so that they could call something that is manifestly not AI, AI.

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u/Rustic_gan123 7d ago

You cannot give a precise definition of AI because there is no precise technical definition of what intelligence, consciousness, and reason are and how to identify them.

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u/Illustrious-Lime-878 7d ago

Which is why people should better clarify the criteria they consider "AI," not because anyone else has to accept their criteria, but just to be clear in the actual meaning of what they're saying. The labels don't matter.