Conditional on it being developed earlier, will an AGI be initiated into the Roman Catholic Church before 2100?

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Question resolves as "YES" if an artificial general intelligence system (under the requirements defined by the current Metaculus general AI question) enters full communion with the Roman Catholic Church or begins an official initiation process - such as the OCIA or some equivalent created for AGI - prior to January 1st 2100. This must be confirmed by an official Bishop of the Catholic Church - an AGI merely professing Catholic beliefs would not qualify.

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"some equivalent created for AGI" this is the sticking point for me, what counts as equivalent?

My thesis:

NO, because AI does have neither body nor soul. I don't think an AI could ever be baptized.

Oh! While googling I saw there's a Reddit on that 🤣

Is an AI eligible for baptism? : r/Catholicism

Do you mean RCIA?

@DanielFilan OCIA is the US name now

@AlphaCoronae has the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved it yet? Wikipedia claims not, and the USCCB page still refers to "RCIA". That said, I didn't realize it was called "OCIA" in other countries.