Inside Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas: A stark warning on AI and humanity’s future |
Pope Leo XIV has released its first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on Monday, highlighting the rapid rise of artificial intelligence and its disastrous impacts on human dignity, global peace and social justice.
The primary focus of this landmark theological document is the unbridled use of AI in the real world. According to the Pope, technology should not rule humans; in fact it must be subordinated to them.
“Technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it. AI developers, therefore, "bear a particular ethical and spiritual responsibility, for every design choice reflects a vision of humanity." Leo wrote.
The Pontiff also warned the world against the concentration of power in the hands of a technocratic class. He urged the international........