Father Fessio in Five (by Ignatius Press)

The final step of making A.I. requires giving the system certain questions we know the answer to and some questions we do not know the answer to and then checking their answers against reality. Fr. Fessio explains how A.I. ultimately depends entirely on humans and thereby cannot self-replicate.

Father Fessio explains how A.I. is not conscious but can be used to autocomplete and predict certain answers. Then through a process of post-training, certain experts are brought in to ask A.I. a series of questions to verify the answers and tweak the algorithms so that the right answers are provided.

Father Fessio proceeds to explain the process by which A.I. “learns.” He highlights the difference between the human process of learning and computer's statistical pattern recognition process.

Our recently elected Pope Leo XIV has already made several comments about the dangers of artificial intelligence. So if you want to learn more about A.I., join Fr. Fessio explains the first of four steps of artificial intelligence—pretraining—which requires data to be collected and tokenization.

Continuing with his connected thoughts on artificial intelligence, Fr. Fessio explains how a computer that stores A.I. is like a library that knows nothing.

Want to know more about AI? Then join Fr. Fessio as he begins a series of episodes on artificial intelligence. Today, Father discusses how AI is dependent on a computer.

The famous Latin expression “Opus Dei” has connections to several orders. Fr. Fessio explains these associations and the Latin meaning behind it.

Fr. Fessio explains St. Augustine's famous words describing how God is more deeply in us than we are to ourselves.

In Hebrews 12, St. Paul talks about running a race sounded by a cloud of witnesses with Christ as our model. Father Fessio beautifully explains this metaphor by pointing out details that only the Greek words reveal.

In this special 100th episode of Father Fessio in Five, Father explains part of St. Ignatius' Suscipe prayer where we ask the Lord to “Take our memory, intellect, and all my will.” This episode will help you pray this beautiful prayer more deeply!

Fr. Fessio talks about gender and claims that there are three genders?! But listen closely . . . he's not saying what you may think . . .

It seems like Jesus would not have faith because he is God. But Father Fessio reflections on Hebrews 12:1–4 where Jesus is said to be a “pioneer and perfector of our faith.”

When we ask God to give us our “daily bread,” are we asking God simply for enough food to eat each day? Father Fessio explains. . .

Binge Father Fessio in Five! You may have noticed a flurry of episodes in the past day and that is because we are bringing Father Fessio in Five to YouTube. We updated our equipment so that you can now watch Fr. Fessio on YouTube as well as listen to him here on the audio apps. In this episode, we pray the Our Father every day, but do we always fully understand, and what we are saying? Father Fessio breaks down two phrases in the Our Father so that you can pray it more intentionally and fervently.

Fr. Fessio explains how the Catholic understanding of “inspired writings” is very different than that of Islam or Mormonism.

Fr. Fessio reads a passage from Miracles by C.S. Lewis to explain the proper use of the historical critical method.

How can the historical critical method enhance our understanding of Scripture without detracting from it? Find out in this episode!

In this two-part episode, Father Fessio examines the yearning of Isaiah to see the face of God.

Father Fessio reflects on great mystery which according to St. Paul is “Christ in us” and the hope of glory.

Why do we ask God to “lead us not into temptation” in the Our Father? Father Fessio explains that this statement has its roots in the Old Testament and that “temptation” actually refers to a place. . .

Looking at the Greek words, Father Fessio explains the progression of thoughts in 2 Peter 1:5–7 where St. Peter says that we should make every effort “to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly love, and finally brotherly love with love.”

Father Fessio highlights why it is so important for us to reread profound, perennial, and permanent things, most especially the Scriptures.

When we go to Mass, we offer our whole selves to God, even our weaknesses and faults. Father Fessio reflects on the beauty of the Mass and highlights the many places where we ask God for His mercy.

There is a lot of unreliable information in this day and age. To combat this problem, Father encourages us to form your own NRI (Network of Reliable Information).

While this motto is often used to encourage people to lie, Father Fessio argues that this a noble way to “fake it until you make it.”

We take many things for granted, and in this episode, Father Fessio reflects on neologisms or new words as a way of appreciating language and those who have shaped it in the past.

Fr. Fessio explains why the symbol of the cross embodies the essential message of Christianity. With this episode, Fr. Fessio has recorded an episode for every year of his life. Also stay tuned because when we return next week for “Father Fessio in Five,” we will have a new look and new recording equipment!

Fr. Fessio continues his discussion wine making and argues that God wanted us to discover wine.

As an example of God's beautiful design in creation, Fr. Fessio details the science of wine making.

The more we study creation and the microscopic world, the more we find God.

Fr. Fessio encourages Eucharistic reverence while avoiding scrupulosity.

Jesus calls the Scribes and Pharisees “blind fools,” but in the same Gospel He says that those who calls their brother “a fool” are subject to the fires of Gehenna. So how are we to reconcile these two passages?

Fr. Fessio examines Mary's longest discourse, the Magnificat, to explain what kind of mercy God offers to those who fear Him.

Drawing on the Fathers of the Church, Fr. Fessio outlines what it means to have “faith in God.”

At the end of the age, will all people be thrown into the fire?

The Prophet Jeremiah laments the corruption of the next generation but finds his hope in God.

Saint Paul says we must fight not just well, but BEAUTIFULLY.

Who is going to hell? Most, a few, all, none? Stop asking the wrong question. 

Jesus said that "not one jot or tittle" of the Law would change. . . Am I sinning by trimming by beard? 

We need to go back to the most basic question:  Why does anything exist at all?

What difference does divinization make if we still have to go to the DMV like everyone else? 

Jesus brings heaven down to us, right here on the ground, among the commoners—if we accept him.

Physicists agree: There is no way to understand electrons. But Christians add: "Except God."

"Dark energy" is a scientific fact, but nobody is talking about what it proves: there is something beyond this universe—something very, very powerful indeed.

Evolution's real, but it isn't everything. Biology brings us to the Lord, and I'll prove it—with cholesterol. STAY TUNED NEXT EPISODE FOR MORE ON SCIENCE.

God gives EACH of us—laymen, priests, nuns, monks, bums—our own gifts. If only we'd accept them!

For Saint Paul, Christianity requires motion. 

With Jesus, you have ALREADY died—and LIFE has already won out.

He does it in order to make us—in a way—divine. 

Father, lead us not into complaining.

... is ringing out our joy to the God who saves us. In other words, the Invitatory.