Re:Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism
by crooked-v on Sunday May 31, 2026 @08:16PM
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The goalposts keep moving because people once upon a time thought that "able to perform tasks intelligently" and "able to take the role of a person" were the same thing, and task by task that turned out to be entirely false.
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Re:Leo's first encyclical attacks technological messianism
by anon291 on Monday June 01, 2026 @02:25PM
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Well sure, so I think we need to figure out what we want. Why do we want a computer to take on the role of a person? Having something pretty intelligent to which I can delegate many tasks is already useful.