u/DoubleBooble

If the Pope wasn't the Pope, would he be considered a far leftie?

Some selected quotes from the article:

"In the Magnifica Humanitas, the leader of the world's roughly 1.4 billion Catholics warned that artificial intelligence risked making civilization "less human," hollowing out work, concentrating wealth and reducing people to systems driven by data and efficiency rather than dignity and morality.

"Leo called for the "disarming" of AI, warning that the technology could fuel "a race for ever more powerful algorithms and larger datasets, driven by the desire to secure geopolitical or commercial dominance." 

The Vatican's concerns extend well beyond Silicon Valley. The encyclical repeatedly echoes broad societal concerns that AI could ⁠hollow out the middle class; ⁠eliminate vast numbers of jobs; ⁠deepen inequality; fuel social fragmentation; and normalize AI-driven warfare.

"There exists no algorithm capable of making war morally acceptable," the encyclical states."

"Asked whether the pope worried that people were beginning to treat AI as a substitute for God, Czerny answered: "Yes … many things become substitutes for God and we call them idols."

Just as the Industrial Revolution transformed labor and capital, the AI revolution is transforming humanity itself, the pope cautioned in his remarks."

Wait a darn minute. I thought Jews were white colonizers?

I'm wondering, what is it like for Jewish teens to read The Diary of Anne Frank today compared to when I read it many years ago when I was a teen.

When I read it, it felt like ancient history (despite it only being 30-ish years past). It was interesting and historical but unrelatable to my life. I enjoyed how despite all, she had the same interests in movie stars and boys and normal teen things.

How is it experienced reading it today in the current environment?

I filed 2023 and 2024 at the same time. I have a large balance of overpayment available to be applied from 2022. I received a collections notice for 2024 despite there being more than 10x as much money available from previous overpayment. I had a nice call, they tried to pay off of the 2024 from the balance but couldn't because they have no record of receiving 2023. They told me to resend 2023 and transferred me over to collections to extend the hold on the collection.
The collection person said they couldn't extend the hold until the other hold expired, but don't worry it's not in claim situation for levy, just call back next week and we'll extend the hold. I immediately sent a copy of the 2023 the following day and the following week tried to call to extend the hold on the collections. That was last week and I CAN'T GET THROUGH despite calling nearly every day multiple times per day. Yesterday I received a certified mail saying final notice with intent to Seize your property. I've tried calling all day from early morning to now it's mid afternoon my local time. It keeps hanging up on me. At times I get in the queue and then it hangs up 8 or 10 minutes later.
Help!
Should I pay the amount they are requesting and then try to get it back afterwards? Again, I have more than 10x as much in my IRS account for applying to this payment.