Pope Leo Calls for AI to Be 'Disarmed' in First Encyclical
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Summary
Pope Leo has issued his first encyclical, titled "Magnifica Humanitas," calling for the disarming of artificial intelligence. In what is described as his strongest rebuke of the tech industry's AI obsession, the Pope argues that AI development needs to be approached with caution and moral consideration. The encyclical uses deliberately strong language to draw attention to what the Church sees as the potential dangers of unchecked AI advancement.
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In perhaps his strongest rebuke of the tech industry's rampant obsession with AI yet, Pope Leo called for the tech to be 'disarmed' in his first encyclical
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