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Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical warns AI threatens equality, democracy, and human dignity

Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Declares Artificial Intelligence a Threat to Humanity

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Anthony Giancatarino

9h ago· 6 min readenNews

Summary

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifca Humanitas, directly confronts artificial intelligence as a major threat to humanity and the planet. The document argues that AI is part of a long cycle of exploitation and destruction, and calls for addressing the technology through a framework of social justice. The encyclical signals the Pope's seriousness about taking on both AI and climate change as interconnected global challenges.

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Pope Leo makes the case, plain and clear, that AI is a threat to humanity and the planet.
He also makes it clear that this technology is part of a long cycle of exploitation and destruction.
If we are going to contend with it, we must ground in a framework of social justice.
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Pope Leo XIV called artificial intelligence a threat to humanity in his first encyclical, showing that he's serious about taking on climate change.

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