"Technology must serve the human person, not replace it,' Pope Leo said, decreeing that 'preserving human faces and voices' means preserving 'God's imprint on each human being,' which is an 'indelible reflection of God's love.' But chatbots simulate these faces and voices, oftentimes making it difficult for users to tell whether they engaging with a bot or a real person."
"Making matters worse, the pope said, 'chatbots are excessively "affectionate" as well as always present and accessible.' They can therefore 'encroach upon the deepest level of communication, that of human relationships' and could be used for 'covert persuasion' or even ' become hidden architects of our emotional states and occupy our sphere of intimacy,' the pope warned. 'When we substitute relationships with others for AI systems that catalogue our thoughts... we are robbed of the opportunity to encounter others,'"
"'When we substitute relationships with others for AI systems that catalogue our thoughts... we are robbed of the opportunity to encounter others, who are always different from ourselves and with whom we can and must learn to relate. 'Without embracing others, there can be no relationships or friendships,' the pope declared."
Chatbots that mimic human faces and voices can make it hard to tell bots from real people and may intrude into intimate communication. Constant accessibility and simulated affection allow AI to encroach on the deepest levels of relationships and enable covert persuasion or emotional manipulation. Substituting AI for interpersonal encounters deprives people of exposure to difference and the chance to learn how to relate, weakening friendships. Treating chatbots as omniscient advisors undermines analytical and creative thinking and can foster failure to verify sources, fueling disinformation, mistrust, confusion, insecurity, and threats to creative fields.
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