[kwlug-disc] AI and social justice

[CrankyOldBugger]

I did see the Anthropic announcement in Mastodon this morning.  And I'm
still hearing more good stuff about the encyclical.  I used to be Catholic,
now atheist, but this current pope seems to have the right ideas.


On Tue, 26 May 2026 at 17:08, Doug Moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:

> Cranky Old Bugger said
> > I did manage to no-AI-DDG (notice I didn't say "google")
>
> Last year, I carelessly used the term "google search" in conversation, and
> I triggered somebody in the group I was talking to. That person was a
> musician who can no longer earn money by selling albums, since anyone can
> type his name into an AI music synthesizer and get an album that sounds
> like his work.
>
> Since I haven't used Google search in years, I just switched immediately
> to saying "web search", which is also shorter.
>
> Recently, there was a joint statement about AI and social justice, by
> local celebrity Chris Olah (previously of Hacklab.TO, now with Anthropic),
> and the Pope. Here's Chris's statement:
>
> https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical
>
> And here's a short and long English summary of the Pope's statement (it
> was the Vatican who put the latter on Google Drive; sorry):
>
> https://www.humandevelopment.va/en/magnifica-humanitas.html
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aVyOGu2f2hoZ6MayVrV9lTVMBMdbLDJC/view
>
> To be clear, I'm not trying push Roman Catholic theology. I'm just excited
> that such a prominent leader outside the tech community is taking this
> issue so seriously and doing such a thorough analysis of the social
> problems we need to overcome. And I'm thrilled to hear the same message
> from Anthropic, frankly. This might be helpful in spreading this message to
> others, including Canadian politicians who might have the power to make
> positive changes for Canadians.
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