“Pope Leo’s first encyclical takes direct aim at Artificial Intelligence, government power, war, and the future of humanity. Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal unpack the Vatican’s massive new document and debate whether the Church is offering moral clarity on AI – or embracing a technocratic vision shaped by global governance, regulation, and… Read More Constructive Criticism of Leo XIV’s Encyclical on AI
On Artificial Intelligence. “In his long-awaited first encyclical, the Holy Father insists that the fullest truth about man is revealed ultimately and most completely in the face of Jesus Christ.” Fr. James Shea, National Catholic Register. As anticipated, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, while wide-ranging in its scope, primarily addresses the rise of artificial intelligence… Read More Magnifica Humanitas: In the Face of Christ, the Truth About Man
Steve Bannon to the NYTs Ross Douthat: on the seriousness of Technofeudalism Technofeudalism refers to a new economic system dominated by Big Tech, where data replaces traditional capital as the primary resource of power and profit. Proponents argue that modern capitalists no longer prioritize reinvesting in productivity or innovation. Instead, they create monopolistic platforms that extract… Read More Pardon the Language and Write This Down
A wise man. An accomplished man, “John Lennox is the Oxford mathematician who’s spent decades bridging science and faith. We talked about why John 1:1 reveals we live in a word-based universe, how to recognize God-breathed scripture, why scientific explanations don’t exclude God, and his fascinating take on AI as humanity’s attempt to “make God.”… Read More AI: “Humanity’s Attempt to Make God”
“Ambiguity is hard on the human nervous system“ Tin Man: Aging asks for courage in quiet ways.It asks you to: Watch your body change without its asking permission. Let go of certain strengths.Accept new limits. Keep showing up anyway. There’s nothing tepid about that. What makes it feel especially fierce is that aging is ambiguous.… Read More Tin Man: “Aging is not for the Faint Hearted”
21 The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood. 22 To take away a neighbor’s living is to murder him; to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood. — Sirach 34:21,22, rsv Amazon to Replace 600,000 U.S. Workers With Robots… Read More Artificial Intelligence and The Poor.
In George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass triple album he has a song called Awaiting on You All in which he claimed that the Pope owned “51% of General Motors And the stock exchange is the only thing he’s qualified to quote us.” Hmm…. So I wanted to Fact Check this startling claim. But how?… Read More When George Harrison Fibbed About the Pope
NYT. The billionaire Peter Thiel is unimpressed with our pace of innovation. In this episode, he critiques artificial intelligence, longevity science and space travel — and warns that our lack of progress could lead to catastrophic outcomes, including the emergence of the Antichrist. Does Thiel understand the theological significance of the Man of Perdition to… Read More Peter Thiel Talks With Ross Douthat.
And why our Faith tells us we “cannot do evil that good may come“. Fox News: “From Human to Robot and Everything in Between …a subdermal microchip in one’s hand to a tiny robot learning to imagine itself and its own purpose to a tiny microprocessor implanted directly on one’s brain, the line between man,… Read More “Bio-hacking humans: implanting chips in hands and heads”
Companies “leaning into AI to filter out,” even qualified job candidates. Newsweek 1/28/24.. “While over a third of job seekers said they’re applying to more jobs now and hearing back less, there’s also a substantial number of job seekers who have continued to search for employment for more than a year. Roughly one in five… Read More Americans Are Struggling to Find New Jobs as Market Changes.
Thieving from the Future. “There are two particular categories of money which have afflicted Ireland. One was dirty money, which is the kind of money that’s swishing around the economic system . . . tax-dodging money from the corporations. And that, of course, means that we, the people of Ireland, including me, including you, James,… Read More John Waters: Vacant Possession of Ireland?
Young supposedly privileged women are being taught in school to retool their own desires. They are told they need to be instructed by “experts” on how to be socialized, whereas most often young men learn to socialize themselves, on route to innovating and building the world. Retooled privileged Women seem to aspire to and do best… Read More The Corporatization of Women
