Jon Valdés

RE: https://mas.to/@swannodette/115984670142973348

"Did not have this on my bingo card" is quickly becoming meaningless with all latest insanity, but "ended up agreeing 100% with the Pope" is an underflow wraparound I really really didn't expect

Feb 1 at 8:45amWeb
Show threadLeszek GodlewskiFeb 1
@jon_valdes I guess you mean his stance on AI? Because there's a lot of ornamental and religious language I'd be surprised if you agreed with all of it. 🙂 A very *lengthy* read, too.
Show threadLRFeb 1
@TheIneQuation @jon_valdes i read the whole thing. very low on religious language esp in later sections. if anything, his stance on ai literacy is still too soft for my taste.
Show threadJon ValdésFeb 1
@lritter @TheIneQuation my dad's aunt was a nun. I think I developed a mental filter for all the religious imagery, to focus on the actual message behind it all.
Show threadJon ValdésFeb 1
@lritter @TheIneQuation but also, once you get to the second section, the language is very clear and devoid of religious aspects. This could very well have been written by Cory Doctorow instead
Show threadLRFeb 1
@jon_valdes @TheIneQuation you know, a part of me was wondering if he really wrote that himself or ... had help.
Show threadJon ValdésFeb 1
@lritter @TheIneQuation It does seem pretty off-brand... But hey, if this is going to be the Catholic Church's official position on AI, I don't care whether the Pope was the one that actually wrote it.
Show threadJon ValdésFeb 1

@lritter @TheIneQuation it would be pretty hypocritical to begin with a sermon about "stealing our voices and faces" and then use someone else's work, though 😄

So I'll remain at least a bit hopeful that he wrote it himself

Show threadLRFeb 1
@jon_valdes @TheIneQuation ah. there's so much pop fiction lately where they take enemy robots and turn them, so... i think that's totally legitimate if you want to win the war of #mann_vs_machine
Show threadLRFeb 1

@jon_valdes kind of seems obvious in hindsight what with llms replacing god for some people.

every time there is rampant idolatry, the pope is bound to drop bars about it

Show threadJacob Christian Munch-AndersenFeb 2

@jon_valdes Maybe you will also be surpised to learn that both this pope and the previous have been pretty adamant about the need to do something about climate change. And that when they ask people to be good to one another they have been quite adamant to state that this counts for all people, regardless of ethnicity or religion.

It is not a full plate, he drags his feet on LGBTQ stuff, but he is most certainly not just a conservative US preacher with a bigger hat.