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Re:Pope Francis urges followers to pray that AI and robots ‘... by frankbreetz on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:34AM (#25059172)
I'm no expert, but I believe there is more to it then that. According to the Catholic church we all have free will, and with that comes the responsibility to keep these kinds of things under control. I know for example the Pope and Catholic church consider it a sin to pollute and say we have a moral responsibility to keep global warming in check. There are some other Christian religions that are more deterministic about this and think "Let Gods will be done" in regards to both AI and pollution, but I am not sure how popular they are
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Re:Pope Francis urges followers to pray that AI and robots ‘... by unimpossible on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @10:46AM (#25059289)
That makes sense to me. I guess I was hoping for something stronger and more in line with "don't pollute God's creation" rather than "let's pray on it" but perhaps that's the first step to an exhortation to keep in mind the delicate balance between humans and machines.
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