Love my woke pope: Why Leos first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shortly after Pope Leo XIV issued his sweeping manifesto calling for the robust regulation of artificial intelligence, the Instagram meme account Saint Hoax posted a video to its more than 3 million followers about the pope’s call to “disarm” AI. “Love my woke pope (I’m not even Catholic),” the caption read. In another viral post, one X user referenced a common meme in response to the encyclical, writing: “The atheism leaving my body the moment the pope about...
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