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Anthropic: Could AI be conscious? Pope Leo: lol, no (pivot-to-ai.com)
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‘Algorithms lack the spark of humanity’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VCWgoIrRCo&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20261005-anthropic-could-ai-be-conscious-pope-leo-lol-no - podcast

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[–] motoxjake@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm curious why you say it makes him a terrible Pope. A lot of Catholics thinks he is great too. Some don't. It's all subjective really isn't it?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Cardinals elect the Pope they want to set the direction of the Church. So, by definition he's the best Pope.

[–] mawhrin@awful.systems 14 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

a pope is an emergent phenomenon produced by a given set of cardinal coordinates

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 7 points 19 hours ago

Direction and magnitude!?

Should've been Pope Vector I.