In this week’s Behind the Blog post, 404 Media says the topic is AI and spirituality. The visible portion of the post, however, focuses on how the outlet approaches AI coverage more broadly. The author explains that they try to write about AI’s current capabilities and harms, including the fact that it was trained on stolen content, without claiming AI will never be useful.
The post also notes that the team often experiments with AI tools to report from an informed perspective. Occasionally, while working on a story, the author sees a way AI could help with a specific reporting task. That hands-on, skeptical-but-not-dismissive stance appears to be the frame for the promised discussion of what the Pope would do.
Because the full post is for paid members only, the actual spiritual or religious angle is not included in the available text. The excerpt ends with subscription prompts, so any specific arguments about AI and the Pope remain behind the paywall. This is the only source provided, so there are no differing views to compare.