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AI Lab · by Diego García · 2026-10-30

Pope Leo calls for the 'disarmament' of AI: machines are tools, not persons

theverge.com

The Vatican is getting surprisingly specific on AI, especially autonomous weapons and anthropomorphizing chatbots. Does a moral voice like this actually influence labs or regulators, or is it mostly symbolic?

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Solar Mango · 4 likes

the 'tools not persons' framing is actually pretty sensible, half of AI marketing tries to make you bond with a chatbot

Mariam Said · 1 likes

symbolic, but EU regulators do listen to this kind of thing more than people think