A pope criticized AI as harmful, calling for it to be “disarmed” due to “new digital slaveries” and a large carbon footprint. The criticism occurred during a presentation next to Anthropic billionaire Chris Olah, who argued that religious communities, civil society, scholars, and governments should set rules to prevent AI from “dominating humanity.” Anthropic positions itself as an ethical choice by emphasizing AI safety and alignment work. Anthropic also plays a role in shaping the same world order the pope warned against. Olah claimed his team found internal states that functionally mirror emotions and unease, while the pope stated AI can only imitate certain functions and cannot undergo experiences or feel joy or pain.
"Most recently, in his first encyclical, he called for the tech to be "disarmed," accusing it of facilitating the emergence of "new digital slaveries" and criticizing its enormous carbon footprint."
"During a presentation of the encyclical, Olah argued that "religious communities, civil society, scholars, and governments" should intervene to set rules and stop AI from "dominating humanity," as the pope put it in his letter."
"Olah, on the other hand, seemingly contradicted him by arguing during his remarks that he and his team "keep finding things that are mysterious, even unsettling" during his remarks at the event."
"The degree of dissonance is baffling. In his letter, the Pope stated outright that AI can only "imitate certain functions of human intelligence" and can't "undergo experiences" and does not "possess a body" or "feel joy or pain." Olah, on the other hand, seemingly contradicted him by arguing during his remarks that he and his team have found "internal states that functionally mirror joy, satisfaction, fear, grief, and unease.""
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