“We live in the age of search engines that offer us thousands of instantaneous answers. Yet, no matter how powerful…

“We live in the age of search engines that offer us thousands of instantaneous answers. Yet, no matter how powerful they may be, they merely return what already exists and tend to give us what we already want. In the age of technology and consumerism, the great danger is not only censorship but also homogenization, and not merely imposed silence but the noise that makes it impossible to listen. “Art is a different kind of ‘search engine.’ It does not proceed by indexing but by inquiry. Indeed, its inquiry is a focused attention that is not satisfied with the mere sum of facts, for it never ceases to dig deeper, seeking the thread that unites them. Your art, when it resists homogenization, when it draws our gaze, when it compels us to pause before that which cannot be consumed, is a form of cultural and spiritual regeneration.” — Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV said that to artists gathered at the Vatican this morning. This week the New York Times reported that Anthropic spent months wining and dining theologians, hoping they would bless the idea that Claude has moral standing. thelettersfromleo.com/p/nyt-anthropi…