20261005 - Anthropic: Could AI be conscious? Pope Leo: lol, no

'Algorithms lack the spark of humanity'

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/10/05/anthropic-could-ai-be-conscious-pope-leo-lol-no/ - blog post

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Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html A global workspace in language models https://www.anthropic.com/research/global-workspace Full Speech: Anthropic Co‑Founder Christopher Olah at Magnifica Humanitas Vatican Launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORFrdYSvzuw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce https://x.com/Pontifex/status/2105983638147891490 Hac intellegentiae artificialis aetate, urgens fit humanam artem ab iis distinguere, quae machinis efficiuntur https://x.com/Pontifex_ln/status/2105983637208682565 Previously on Pivot to AI:

Pope Leo to AI bros: Just stop it https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/26/pope-leo-to-ai-bros-just-stop-it/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtE4YzbPt1U&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA