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Debate: Is it Wrong to Talk with an AI Chatbot?

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New Polity
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Nov 6, 2025
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Summary

Marc Barnes believes that AI chatbots are evil, and that having a faux conversation with AI chatbots is wrong. Joseph Hobbs, Senior Solution Architect at Databricks, disagrees. In this podcast, they discuss the nature of conversation, how AI imitates conversation, and the Catholic response to AI Chatbots.