Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview with biographer Eloise Allen that “if there’s anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list” (first spotted by The Register). Pope Leo, who is forthright about his views on the new technology, also said that he had been asked for his authorisation to create an AI Pope
“Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with ‘the Pope’,” said the pontiff. “This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, ‘I’m not going to authorize that’.”
I think AI will lead to a lot of disillusionment in society. If the church can grab Charlie Kirk’s image and have him say whatever they want, chances are they are doing that same with the word of God.
It might seem obvious to us that the church is bullshit, but it isn’t for the older generations.
It’s a bit like how my grandma started assuming every phone call is a scam since AI came out. Half of them were scams before too but she used to just barrel into them.