Deus vs. Machina
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In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:
The Boring Internet (Terry Godier)
Orkney Library & Archive (Bluesky)
Silicon Valley takes its AI pitch to the pope (Politico)
Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah's remarks on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical "Magnifica humanitas" (Anthropic)
Vance calls Pope Leo’s AI warnings ‘profound’ (NBC News)
American heresy: should Peter Thiel be burned at the stake? (Le Grand Continent)
Spotify chief defends AI-generated music (Financial Times)…
The skinny
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