Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical Challenges Not Just Big Tech but Deeper Moral Frameworks
By
Randy Boyagoda
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Summary
Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas" addresses the dangers of artificial intelligence and its impact on human dignity. While widely praised for taking on Big Tech and AI risks, the article argues that the encyclical's deeper challenge is to the broader philosophical and moral frameworks that have enabled unchecked technological power. The pope is questioning not just tech companies but the underlying worldview that prioritizes efficiency and profit over human personhood.
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The laudatory coverage of the encyclical is justified, but it has obscured perhaps Leo's most important insight.
Magnifica Humanitas ('Magnificent Humanity') is not only—or even mostly—about AI itself.
And the pope is challenging much more than Big Tech.
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