"Despite being the first Pope to come from the United States - home of the Silicon Valley and the cult of AI - the latest Pontiff wasn't thrilled with the idea of what he described as an "artificial me." "If there's anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list," he said in an interview with Papal journalist and biographer, Elise Allen."
""Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with 'the Pope'," he said. "This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, 'I'm not going to authorize that'." "If we automate the whole world and only a few people have the means with which to more than just survive, but to live well, have meaningful lives, there's a big problem, a huge problem coming down the line," he said - and revealed that concerns over AI influenced his choice of Papal name."
Pope Leo XIV declined to authorize creation of an AI replica that would allow virtual audiences with the Pope. He stated that the Pope should not be represented by an avatar and refused a request to create an "artificial me" that would answer people’s questions online. He expressed concern that widespread automation could leave only a few people able to live well while many merely survive. He indicated that these concerns about AI and social inequality influenced his decision to choose the papal name Leo, inspired by Pope Leo XIII and Rerum nov
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