@Pontifex: In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
@Spectromachina: Pope, would you please shut the fuck up about matters you do not understand? You’re not an Ai influencer, no one elected you, and you have absolutely no weight in this debate and you’re being used as a mouthpiece to sway public opinion. how many local models do you run?
Community Note: The Pope is elected by cardinals in a Conclave which gathers in the Sistine Chapel.
Link: https://x.com/Spectromachina/status/2105997770653839860
I have a memory of getting in an argument with some woman on FB 15 years ago who asserted that because she had several hundred people on her friends list that made her opinion carry more weight that has this exact same energy.
I think this might be a universal experience for people of a certain age
That happened to me too! :pain:
Think she was firmly in my parents age bracket, I asked how many of those people would pick her up from the airport and she never replied.