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What is Catholic AI? Technology Meets Theology, with Matthew Harvey Sanders, CEO of Longbeard
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Matthew Harvey Sanders, founder and CEO of Long Beard, introduces "Catholic AI," a rapidly growing field serving users in 165 countries. He delves into the philosophical and theological dimensions, discussing the Church's historical perspective on technology, human flourishing, and its stance on AI consciousness and transhumanism, including Pope Francis's insights. The conversation then explores Long Beard's technical innovations, such as training models from scratch for theological alignment, digitizing Vatican archives, and optimizing multilingual models. This episode offers a compelling look at how AI is being tailored to specific value systems, illustrating the orthogonality thesis and instrumental convergence in action. Sponsors: Shopify: Shopify powers millions of businesses worldwide, handling 10% of U.S. e-commerce. With hundreds of templates, AI tools for product descriptions, and seamless marketing campaign creation, it's like having a design studio and marketing team in one. Start your $1/month trial today at https://shopify.com/cognitive Tasklet: Tasklet is an AI agent that automates your work 24/7; just describe what you want in plain English and it gets the job done. Try it for free and use code COGREV for 50% off your first month at https://tasklet.ai Linear: Linear is the system for modern product development. Nearly every AI company you've heard of is using Linear to build products. Get 6 months of Linear Business for free at: https://linear.app/tcr PRODUCED BY: https://aipodcast.ing CHAPTERS: (00:00) About the Episode (03:16) Building Catholic AI (06:43) The Popes on AI (12:42) A Vision for Flourishing (Part 1) (17:27) Sponsors: Shopify | Tasklet (20:35) A Vision for Flourishing (Part 2) (20:36) Imagining a Post-Work Future (27:21) AI: Tool or Creatur…