This resolves YES if within Dec. 31 2030 an official statement from the Holy See (such as an encyclical) is released that condemns the use of artificial intelligence. It may be broader in scope but it has to be clearly addressing AI development and/or use per se, not excesses or particular applications. Resolution will be based on the text as appearing on the official Vatican website. Statements from individual clergymen do not count.
If by 2030 the Catholic Church or AI no longer exist, I will resolve N/A. In case of a schism, the faction that controls the physical premises of the Vatican in Rome will count as the Catholic Church even if they do not control the website: if that is the case I will attempt to locate official sources that track the opinion of the prevalent branch as defined above, disregarding the website.
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Does this not count?
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2026/02/19/260219e.html
Then, regarding the reality of today’s world, I have not yet spoken about a reality that comes to us even if we do not want it: artificial intelligence, the use of the internet, which is also present in the life of the priest. Incidentally, I invite you to resist the temptation to prepare homilies with artificial intelligence! Just as all the muscles in the body die if we do not use them, if we do not move them, the brain needs to be used, so our intelligence, your intelligence, needs to be exercised a little so as not to lose this ability. But it takes much more than that, because to give a true homily, which is to share the faith, AI will never be able to share the faith!
He specifically exhorts them not to use it for homilies, but also generally against using it because one's "intelligence needs to be exercised," & also that AI is incapable of faith.
@ChurlishGambit based on the original resolution criteria “It may be broader in scope but it has to be clearly addressing AI development and/or use per se, not excesses or particular applications.” this seems to be addressing a particular application (writing homilies). This doesn’t seem to be enough for resolving Yes.
@mariopasquato It's broader than just homilies.
Just as all the muscles in the body die if we do not use them, if we do not move them, the brain needs to be used, so our intelligence, your intelligence, needs to be exercised a little so as not to lose this ability.
That's a general statement.
@ChurlishGambit this sounds like saying that you shouldn’t fully substitute AI for human thinking/writing. This is not condemning the use of AI per se, pretty much like saying you should take 10000 steps every day doesn’t rule out driving.
@uair01 I pretty much agree with you, though there is enough time between now and 2030 for unexpected developments to occur.