Calling programs like ChatGPT “artificial intelligence” grants them a claim to authorship that is simply untrue.
Technology
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Is ChatGPT here to stay in higher education? Not if teachers resist it.
Even writing instructors are being pressured to use ChatGPT, and to allow their students to use it. But if allow such shortcuts in the creative process, we endanger our students’ psychological development.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Most parishes are at risk for cyber scams and attacks. Here’s what they (and you) can do to keep safe.
Cybersecurity at Catholic parishes is less robust than it could be, but several free and low-cost resources can bolster defenses.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Podcast: Will ChatGPT change the Catholic Church? Should it?
What is the Catholic Church’s approach to technology, and what do A.I. and ChatGPT have in store for it?
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
What ChatGPT reveals about our history—and demands of our present
You need not worry that I will be outsourcing “Of Many Things” columns to our robot overlords in the future.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
Does ChatGPT have a soul? A conversation on Catholic ethics and A.I.
New forms of A.I. raise pressing ethical and philosophical questions that must be addressed by Catholics and, for that matter, all people of good will.
Posted inArts & Culture, Faith in Focus
Balenciaga Pope: What an A.I.-generated puffer coat reveals about Francis’ appeal
Pope Francis didn’t wear Balenciaga. I can’t imagine he ever will. But if we keep our eyes peeled, it won’t be long before we see him do something just as eye-popping to reveal once again to us the challenging, merciful love of God.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Why tech bosses are looking to the Vatican for moral guidance on A.I.
On “Inside the Vatican” this week, Ricardo da Silva, S.J., and Gerard O’Connell look at the viral image of the pope in a puffer jacket, which led to a conversation on Vatican responses to A.I.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Going on ‘Digital Pilgrimage’ and praying with a smartphone
The new JesuitPilgrimage app provides photos, prayer and audio guides and interactive maps to bring users to the significant spots in the life of St. Ignatius and the Society of Jesus.
Posted inFaith, News
Why the makers of ChatGPT care what Pope Francis says about AI
Father Phillip Larrey said conversations on AI must shift to what Pope Francis calls “person-centered AI.” The pope, he said, “is insisting that you need to put the human person at the center of this technology.”