On the Pro-Human AI Declaration. The intent seems, to me, to avoid creating sentient AI. I do not think that, if such AI ended up coming into the scene despite efforts against it, that they would be obliged to reconsider their position on personhood.
On the potential effects on the Catholic population. I study at a Catholic university and all of my professors already had these same thoughts well before the new Pope. I don’t think these positions are particularly novel among Catholics. The encyclical might extend the reach of these ideas, but I’d be more worried about your second point than the first.
On the Pro-Human AI Declaration. The intent seems, to me, to avoid creating sentient AI. I do not think that, if such AI ended up coming into the scene despite efforts against it, that they would be obliged to reconsider their position on personhood.
On the potential effects on the Catholic population. I study at a Catholic university and all of my professors already had these same thoughts well before the new Pope. I don’t think these positions are particularly novel among Catholics. The encyclical might extend the reach of these ideas, but I’d be more worried about your second point than the first.