An encyclical warns against equating machine “intelligence” with human intelligence, stating that such systems only imitate functions of human cognition. A response argues that AI is not like the cold, calculating robots once promised, because it is made from human words and remains partly mysterious even to those who train it. The claim of spiritual mystery is rejected, while technical distinctions are noted: AI hardware runs at moderate temperatures, models are not reliable calculators, and models are tensor-based artifacts rather than robots. The systems are described as “made from us” through training data, and their mystery is attributed to limited disclosure of where training data comes from, alongside the idea that models are “grown” rather than engineered like bridges or airplanes.
"“We must avoid the misconception of equating this type of 'intelligence' with that of human beings,” he declared. “These systems merely imitate certain functions of human intelligence.”"
"“AI systems, he said, ‘are not the cold, calculating robots we were promised. They are made from us, from our words - and, as the Holy Father observes, they remain in important ways mysterious even to those of us who train them.’”"
"“It’s as if naming the company Anthropic granted a license to anthropomorphize AI models.”"
"“AI systems are indeed ‘made from us, from our words’ and that is why Anthropic and its rivals have been named in more than 100 lawsuits. One of the reasons those systems remain mysterious is that Anthropic and its rivals don’t disclose where they got their training data.”"
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