Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Addresses AI as Invisible Infrastructure and Warns of Power Concentration
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Summary
Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," published on May 25, addresses artificial intelligence not merely as a technology but as an invisible infrastructure shaping daily life, work, information, and collective decision-making. The document places AI within the tradition of Catholic social doctrine and criticizes the concentration of technological power among a few global players.
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Pope Leo XIV places the issue of AI within the tradition of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church.
The pope decries the concentration of technological power in a few global players.
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