Pope Leo XIV has crucified the idea of creating an AI version which would’ve allowed Catholics around the world to have a virtual audience with him – without the need for a trip to Vatican City.
Despite being the first Pope to come from the United States – home of the Silicon Valley and the cult of AI – the latest Pontiff wasn’t thrilled with the idea of what he described as an “artificial me.”
There are already religious chatbots out there, and not surprisingly they’re not that great. Combination of LLMs that questionably stay on topic and are accurate mixed with the data of religion that has numerous fallacies and inconsistencies - what could go wrong?