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   sakana@rcsocial.net's status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 14:14:40 JST sakana

   Wish that the Catechism was under a Creative Commons license. Copyrighting it seems like such a poor move to me, as it'd be a lot more accessible otherwise (and on a nicer site than the Vatican's).

   Wish that vatican.va was less ugly too*. It should be the first resource people go to in order to learn more about the Faith, but most irreligious people don't even know about it. (There's canonlaw.ninja, but still).

   In the age of instant information, ignorance of the Faith shouldn't exist to the degree that it does, but, respectfully, I feel as though those with the power to change that almost seem to not understand how important a tool as the Internet is in a new time for re-evangelization.

   *(A better site doesn't need to mean cookie notices or heaps of Javascript. In fact, I'd prefer something simple, just easier to navigate and with a better UX. Just mentioning this since I notice that sometimes people respond with complaints of those aspects of modern site design when other Catholics bring it up).

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     Fr. Josh Miller (frjoshmiller@rcsocial.net)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-2022 14:14:37 JST Fr. Josh Miller

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     @sakana Been saying something similar for years in regard to biblical translations. 1) Recoup translation and starting fees, and 2) Make it open source.

     The logical issue I run into this is that you no longer control who publishes, which means you lose control over accuracy of information. That's the only argument in favor of keeping the current system.

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     royterdw (royterdw@rcsocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 09:28:40 JST royterdw

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     • Fr. Josh Miller

     @FrJoshMiller @sakana With the rise of AI to generate text, what happens when people ask the AI to tell them about Canon Law?

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     Fr. Josh Miller (frjoshmiller@rcsocial.net)'s status on Saturday, 17-Dec-2022 12:16:36 JST Fr. Josh Miller

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     • royterdw

     @royterdw @sakana you can do this now, and you get a lot of garbage as it gets creative in regard to something it’s not formed in. As for the text itself: no need to get creative.