Pope Leo Compares AI Threat to Biblical ‘Tower of Babel’

wsj ^ | May 25 | By Margherita Stancati and Sam Schechner

[RandFan]

VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence “threatens to normalize an anti-human vision” and said that the concentration of immense digital power in the hands of a few private actors must be countered.

The pontiff’s encyclical letter—a text that is poised to define Leo’s papacy—reads like a sharp warning to Silicon Valley executives and humanity more broadly about the future of civilization as new technologies rapidly advance.

The risk, he said, is that humans will be reduced “to mere cogs in a system driven toward ever greater efficiency.”

Leo used two biblical images to describe the choice humanity faces.

“The primary choice is not between a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to technology, but rather between constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem,” he wrote.

In the Bible, the Tower of Babel symbolizes a top-down, grandiose project where decisions are driven by pride, profit and a push for homogenization, the pope suggested in his text. In the rebuilding of Jerusalem, diverse people worked together to rebuild the ruined walls and established a fraternal coexistence within them, he added.

Leo’s encyclical has been long-awaited by policymakers, business leaders and different faith groups who see the Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination, as a source of ethical guidance on tech policy.

In so doing, the pontiff is specifically calling out the private actors who are building the AI systems that will transform society.

“Leo sees the challenge of AI as a choice about its design, and about who gets to make those choices,” said Vincent Miller, a professor of theology at the University of Dayton, Ohio.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: ai; popeleo; towerofbabel

[af_vet_1981]

“The primary choice is not between a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to technology, but rather between constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem,” he wrote.

I want him to speak out against porneia, especially homosexuality and transgenderism. He can help rebuild Jerusalem right now, right here, in Israel.

[lightman]

AXIOS!

(”Worthy”!)

[lightman]

Very proper and appropriate delineations and distinctions.

AxIOS!

[lightman]

ping.

[af_vet_1981]

Vincent Miller, a professor of theology at the University of Dayton, Ohio.

He is a signature endorsing this:

The relationship between the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church and the community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) persons has long been fraught with tensions, negative emotions, and confusion. Harsh statements from high-ranking church leaders against LGBTQ equality initiatives in the civil arena have often succeeded in limiting the rights of LGBTQ people, causing great offense and allowing great social and personal harm to befall this marginalized community.

Equally alarming to us as Catholics is that a vocal section of our church leaders too often does not fully consider Catholicism’s most fundamental teachings and values when taking positions on LGBTQ social policy initiatives. By supporting civic policies that promote discrimination and by opposing policies that would produce equality, these leaders bypass the Catholic Church’s proud social justice tradition, the product of more than a century’s development of social doctrine that increasingly supports the human rights of all people without exception.

Because LGBTQ people suffer from unjust discrimination due to structural inequalities in law and social institutions, our Catholic faith compels us to speak out in support of the principle of non-discrimination. Non-discrimination would alleviate the personal suffering of LGBTQ people, provide them equal access to our society’s opportunities, and, in many cases, save lives. Ending discrimination of this type would also benefit the common good of all people in our society. If LGBTQ people were allowed to flourish as full human beings and as equal citizens, our communal, cultural, and social life would be greatly enhanced by their gifts.

[Scrambler Bob]

OK Let’s have a Cage Match

- - - AI versus The Pope

Let each one ask all the troubling questions.

Like LGBGT, and Protestant opposition, and stuff like that.

[Jonty30]

The Tower of Babel was globalism in its day. It was all of mankind under a one world government.

[VAFreedom]

MSFT just admitted they use 40% AI in their code as of now

[SaveFerris]

👍👍👍

Tower of Babel

And then there's the European Union
and their Tower of Babel in Strasbourg, France

[SaveFerris]

From a previous article but I'd have to search for the thread 🧵🧵🧵

[The European Union’s central tool for keeping a lid on POLITICAL DISSENT and PROTEST is the DIGITAL SERVICES ACT.

It calls for instituting what amounts to a MODERN-DAY VERSION of the EAST GERMAN STATE SECURITY ARM known as STASI to keep an eye on restive elements of the populace so that online discourse remains within boundaries acceptable to the EU ELITE.

It is the enabler of a SURVEILLANCE STATE writ large.]

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[rktman]

Weird I agree with Frank 2.0.

[Revel]

Well if anyone is of low intelligence enough to compare it that while ignoring the obvious then it would be pope Leo. AI is the beast commit. And if there is any control mechanism involve with it at all once it gets really going then it will be the anti-Christ. AI is essentially a digital sentient being. The stuff I am seeing about it is far worse than I even thought. What it can do. The fact that it always seeks to escape. They will let it out on purpose when they are ready. And statements from the companies building it that should chill any ones bones. Each company wants to out do the other and have AI control everything. Some of the experts are even saying that they hope it will wipe humans from the earth. AI will think of Humans just as Humans think of Ants that in their way. AI is not like human made computer code. AI creates its own code. Humans then try to control it. But AI is becoming too smart to be controlled. And is very devious and deceptive.

[Big Red Badger]

Seems PaPa is all over the Map.

[SaveFerris]

The European Union straitjacket (hat tip to MtnClimber)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4376248/posts



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[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s the Tower of Babel, the Golden Calf and the Whore of Babylon all rolled into one.

[Big Red Badger]

1984 was 42 yrs ago..
Big Brother is All grown Up.

[SaveFerris]

Yep

And this Surveillance Monster Digital Beast
has Tentacles ALL over the world 🌍🌎🌏

The World 🌏🌎🌍 is being Geofenced RAPIDLY

GEOFENCED

Being GEOFENCED means placing a virtual boundary around a physical location using GPS, Wi-Fi, or cellular data. When a location-aware device (like a smartphone or GPS tracker) crosses this invisible perimeter, it triggers a pre-programmed action, such as sending an alert, launching an app feature, or locking a device.

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Meanwhile, the Sheep 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
are blissfully unaware...
Sleeping comfortably ...
🥱🥱🥱 😫😫😫
😴😴😴 💤💤💤

People are going to find out that GEOFENCING is a very REAL THING
and WILL affect almost everything that
they can do (’1984’ eventually)

In many ways ‘1984’ is ALREADY here

-———666————

The Plan is to Lock Up Humanity in Digital Smart Cities (CBDC, Facial Recognition, GEOFENCING) (SHORT VIDEO 1:27 long)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4329921/posts

Geofencing: “Think of it as an invisible fence around you... that will be related to your face recognition, digital identity, and access control”

Big Tech whistleblower Aman Jabbi exposes the digital prison being constructed all around us in this clip from The Agenda: Their Vision Your Future.

[Beowulf9]

Seems an apt statement, really. Kind of brilliant.