ChatGPT is used to predict who will be the next Pope; check out the AI’s prediction (Photo: Creative Commons)
After the death of Pope Francis last Monday (21), believers are eagerly awaiting to discover who will be the next Pope.
In a few days, 135 cardinals will enter seclusion to participate in the famous Conclave until one of them is elected to take the highest position in the Catholic Church.
To ease the anxiety, the website MailOnline used ChatGPT to find out the AI’s prediction for who will be the next Pope. According to them, the chatbot stated that the favorite for the position is Cardinal Pietro Parolin of the Roman Catholic Church.
As the AI pointed out, the 70-year-old Italian priest is seen by many as the natural heir to Pope Francis’ legacy and holds a significant advantage in the current betting markets.
“As the Vatican Secretary of State since 2013, Parolin is seen as the ‘continuity’ candidate — acceptable to both reformers and traditionalists,” said ChatGPT.
“In the closed-door voting, largely courted by European and Latin American cardinals, he is seen as a safe middle ground in case no progressive candidate wins the two-thirds majority.”
However, predicting the next Pope is notoriously difficult, even for AI, and ChatGPT issued a warning that “the margin is narrow, and any of the top three or four could still emerge.”
Parolin received a possible 37% of the votes when the AI was consulted by other news outlets. Meanwhile, the second-place candidate, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, 67, received 32% chances.
Cardinal Tagle, the former Archbishop of Manila, is also a strong candidate for continuity. He was very close to Pope Francis and was even nicknamed “the Asian Francis.”
Photo and video: Creative Commons. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
