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Pope Leo XIV Is Not a Fan of AI-Generated Art

He urged support for human artists and said machine-made images lack the spark of humanity, citing a 42,300-word encyclical on AI and dignity.

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"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," the pope wrote. "Algorithms lack the spark of humanity."

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Pope Leo has come out in favor of protecting human creation. A machine, he says, that reproduces human work does not make art. The post Pope Leo wants the Church to ally with artists against AI – “It has no spark of humanity” appeared first on in.gr.

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Algorithms lack 'spark of humanity,' pontiff says

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The news León XIV to the artists: “Algorithms lack the spark of the human” was published first in News religious last minute New Life “Algorithms lack the spark of the human”. Thus it has claimed this Friday León XIV the value of artistic creation in front of the advance of artificial intelligence and has asked to renew the alliance between the Church and the world of culture to “custify the human”. Follow us on Google and add us as ... This is…

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