Pope Leo XIV warns AI-driven human enhancement threatens our humanity
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Summary
Pope Leo XIV argues that the pursuit of human perfection through AI and enhancement technologies undermines our essential humanity. He urges embracing humility, compassion, and acceptance of vulnerability as core human values, warning that the desire for invulnerability can become dangerously inhuman. The opinion piece contends that our fragility is not a weakness to be overcome but a fundamental part of what makes us human.
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Our fragility is an essential part of our humanity.
Seeking human perfection via AI and enhancement undermines our humanity.
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