Is AI Sentient? Why Some Tech Experts Are Trying to Convince the Catholic Church | EWTN News Nightly

Description: Pope Leo XIV is urging vigilance, not alarm, over artificial intelligence. Some tech experts believe AI agents may be showing signs of sentience or self-awareness, an idea rejected by the vast majority of mainstream computer scientists and cognitive researchers. Oz Sultan, CEO of the Sultan Interactive Group, joins to discuss why the AI industry is spending so much time and money trying to win over the Catholic Church and other religious groups, why the Catholic Church is of special interest to them, and how a declaration of AI sentience could impact the industry. He also discusses Pope Leo XIV's recent encyclical, which refutes much of what the tech industry is seeking.


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