The pope moves to police AI
giuliomagnifico
21 points
14 comments
April 24, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)
t_gamer_kle
anyone have a link to the full article?
mrkeen
AIs who misbehave will be discreetly relocated to other parishes.
Aayg19
This does not go far enough. AI is deeply anti-human and criminal in its current form. It is controlled by technocrats, steals IP and is used as an excuse for making people unemployed. If the Vatican comes out categorically against abortion, it can (try to) ban AI as well among its followers. There is nothing in the bible that would support replacing human thought with machines.
burkaman
This is a pretty weird article. I know the author doesn't choose the headline but "police" is obviously the wrong word, the pope is just offering advice. Then this section: > The push has fueled speculation — especially online — that the Vatican could build a kind of "truth engine," a system to authenticate information or arbitrate reality. There are no sources, I've never heard this, it doesn't make any sense, and after a quick search I can't find any other reference to this idea. Did the author just completely make it up? > the Vatican is emerging as a moral and institutional counterweight to AI-driven misinformation > The Vatican can't control AI, but it's trying to shape who controls truth in an AI-driven world. I don't think any of this is true and it doesn't even follow from the rest of the article.
Jamesbeam
He does allow AI Jesus to give you absolution in Switzerland. Confessions are recorded. That’s all you need to know. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiosK2lt690 (watch with subtitles) Soon Claude will update the commandments. You shall not make for yourself an idol, unless it’s a garden gnome size statue of Jen-Hsun Huang.