Faith Meets the Future: Can Catholics Use AI?

Hello and welcome to the AI Catholic Podcast! We interview a special guest and talk about whether or not Catholics can use AI.

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Principles of Moral Action

• CCC 1750–1754 – The morality of human acts depends on the object, the intention, and the circumstances. This is key for evaluating any technology: the tool itself is morally neutral; the morality rests on how and why it’s used.

• CCC 1783–1785 – The need for a well-formed conscience and the role of moral judgment in complex situations.

• CCC 1790–1794 – The obligation to follow a certain conscience, but also the responsibility to form it correctly.

Truth & Avoidance of Harm

• CCC 2464–2513 – The Eighth Commandment and its call to live in truth, reject false witness, and avoid deception—relevant to deepfakes, misinformation, or AI-generated falsehoods.

• CCC 2401–2406 – The Seventh Commandment and respect for the goods of others—touching on intellectual property, plagiarism, and unauthorized use of likenesses or works in AI training data.

Human Dignity & Technology

• CCC 1730–1738 – Human freedom and responsibility; technology must serve, not diminish, human dignity.

• CCC 2292–2296 – Moral principles for research and technology, including the call to be at the service of the human person and respect for moral law.

OpenAI and Web Scraping

https://www.forbes.com/sites/virginieberger/2024/10/29/ex-openai-researcher-how-chatgpts-training-violated-copyright-law/

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2025-february/openai-sued-data-scraping-canada/

https://www.imperva.com/blog/the-new-york-times-vs-openai-a-turning-point-for-web-scraping/

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