Tim Hwang joins MTS to discuss the Pope's recent AI encyclical, why AI alignment is better understood as applied moral philosophy than science, and how religious frameworks might offer more efficient tools for steering model behavior.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction
(00:19) Why the Pope Has Pull
(02:15) AI Labs vs. the Vatican
(06:10) What Exactly Is ICMI
(09:27) New Religious Sects and AI
(11:02) What Religion Are the Models
(22:05) The Alignment Cults Question
(25:00) Dean Ball and Section 99

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Tim Hwang on The Pope's Encyclical, Aquinas on AI Cognition, VirtueBench | MTS Live

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Tim Hwang on The Pope's Encyclical, Aquinas on AI Cognition, VirtueBench | MTS Live