Pope says algorithms lack the human spark: AI art and human art differ ontologically
sorenrood · x · 2026-10-03
Pope Francis's official account issued a statement in Latin on art in the age of AI. He argued that distinguishing human art from machine-generated output is now urgent: machines can generate images statistically from countless others' works, but these differ from human art ontologically, before even aesthetically — algorithms lack the human spark (favilla). The Church therefore seeks to renew its alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard humanity.
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