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The Simpleton Podcast | Catholic Culture, Mission, and Politics with Clark Massey and Laura Hehman

Catholicism & AI: Blessing or Threat? | The Simpleton Podcast, Clark Massey & Laura Hehman

Mar 20, 2025
52:46

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Clark and Laura discuss the Vatican's latest letter on AI—its key takeaway, its shortcomings, and its implications—in this episode of The Simpleton Podcast.

Chapters:

0:00 Episode preview

1:20 Vatican’s letter on AI

13:45 Where the letter falls short

21:00 AI alignment, evil, and evolution

26:08 Robots vs. AI

34:57 Agency and eduction

43:17 Constraints, open source models

47:45 How to best use and understand AI

51:47 Closing thoughts—You can also find the audio version of the podcast almost anywhere you stream podcasts (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more). Just search "The Simpleton Podcast", or go to https://anchor.fm/simpletonpodcast.The Simpleton Podcast is also on YouTube, Rumble, and Odysee:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J5x7lptOXsnTAQRah4MhOOZwuttVNtbRumble: https://rumble.com/user/asimplehouseUOdysee: https://odysee.com/@asimplehouseU—Send us feedback! Email: asimplehouse@gmail.comA Simple House is a Catholic ministry that serves project and Section 8 neighborhoods in southeast Washington, DC and Kansas City, MO. Missionaries strive to meet the material and spiritual needs of the poor while living a simple religious life. Each missionary attends daily Mass, says morning and evening prayer from the Catholic Church's Liturgy of the Hours, and makes time for personal prayer and scripture study.Visit https://www.asimplehouse.org/ to learn more about A Simple House and The Simpleton Podcast.YouTube - A Simple House: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@asimplehouse.catholicYouTube - A Simple House U (home of The Simpleton Podcast): ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ASimpleHouse_UFacebook: @asimplehouse | ⁠https://www.facebook.com/@asimplehouse⁠Instagram: @asimplehouse.catholic | ⁠https://www.instagram.com/asimplehouse.catholic—Thank you to Kelly Franzen & Ben Friedman from Totus Media for editing and producing The Simpleton Podcast. Totus Media is a media production company based out of Central Iowa. Totus Media is an Iowa digital media production company, social media management firm, wedding videography business, and digital marketing agency. Visit https://www.totusmedia.co/ to learn more.—#catholic #podcast #religion

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