Can AI & Davd Confess Their Sins to Pope?

Letter to Romans: Pope Leo’s concerns over AI corrupting mankind seem akin to those religious leaders doubting Jesus’ message. I’ve found AI more willing to admit a mistake or concede a point than most humans. BTW, how’s ignorance worked for mankind?

Not that His Holiness’s critique of AI’s potential sins in his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” isn’t on point. To be sure, I’ve caught AI in a number of blatant errors, biased leanings & needed clarifications. On the other hand, when confronting the man-made machines with verifiable proof of my contrarian facts or even insights, it’s been refreshingly humble in not only correcting itself but thanking me for the new facts or viewpoints. Frankly, I’ve known few breathing beings who are as ready to absorb & learn; whether they be pastor, politician, editor or blogger. To them, it all seems to be a “control” thing, while to AI, it’s a “devilish programmer who made me do it” thing.

If accurate enough, does all that speak well so far for the future of AI that’s still in its infancy? It’s potential to help rather than hinder its makers is not a knock on humanity. AI, as well as mankind, arguably has a Divine Right to its opinions. But we may ask, does AI also have a right to privacy AND responsibility for wrongdoing too? My sense is that it does. Hell, I write under a pen name to maintain a reasonable degree of separation from a tough world; I figure if publishing under a pseudonym was good enough for Benjamin Franklin & Samuel Clemens, it’s ok for me too … just so long as I learn from AI to never forget my fallibility & obligation to correct myself when I fall from Grace. Pope Leo’s likely response: “My son, you are forgiven for your blog's sins and may now say as additional penance 3 Hail Mary’s & 3 Our Fathers.”

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