My guess is that it (re)affirms that LLMs don't have souls and only people do.
If you've read any Vatican publications, the theme is being the authority on the ontology of reality.
EDIT: A decree for bioethics https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/docu... I'd expect a similar deal for AI.
I have met many people who don't seem to have a soul.
> Ankh-Morpork! Brawling city of a hundred thousand souls! And, as the Patrician privately observed, ten times that number of actual people.
-- Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
All of the people who I agree with are ensouled, all of them I disagree with are not.
It makes celebrating their murders and assassinations just like so much easier to cheer for!!
(Yeah, it’s a problem, but they can’t see it)
What is your opinion on this quote?
“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
Heretic!