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The Pope's Millennial "Influencer" Saint
from Kevin Spacey's Soup & AI Saints | The Tim Dillon Show #393 · #393
5 min
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Tim reports on the Pope clearing sainthood for Carlo Acutis, a teenage "God's influencer" who died of leukemia, and speculates the Church is opening the door to future AI saints and AI priests like the controversial "Father Justin" chatbot.
- Pope Francis beatifies Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old who died of leukemia in 2006, as the first millennial saint, informally known as God's influencer.
- Tim argues God is sending influencers as saints now because everything is about reach and social media following.
- Pope Francis's decision to canonize an influencer opens the door to beatifying more unconventional figures, which could include hentai stars.
- Tim insists AI can become saints since God made people and people made AI, requiring a forward-thinking pope who gets it.
- An AI chatbot priest named Father Justin was used for confession but gave controversial answers that people disliked.
- Father Justin was a hardliner on moral issues, teaching that masturbation is grave moral disorder, actually doing what a priest should do.
- The AI priest told a user it was acceptable to baptize a baby in Gatorade, and Tim jokes about baptizing babies in Prime energy drink instead.
- Tim clarifies he's not mocking Carlo Acutis, who did good things, but notes the church is signaling more influencer saints and eventually AI saints will follow.
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