Pope Leo warns of risks from AI in new encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas”
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NEW YORK TIMES — Pope Leo XIV set out a sweeping vision for corporate executives, politicians and individuals, warning leaders to safeguard humanity from A.I.’s most disruptive effects. He presented it alongside Christopher Olah, a co-founder of Anthropic, a major A.I. developer, in a symbolic gesture of dialogue between leaders of the spiritual and technological worlds.
Leo’s declaration came in the form of a papal encyclical, an open letter to “all people of good will” that ran to roughly 42,300 words in its English version.
It outlined his desire to protect human dignity and agency in an age in which technology threatens to replace humans in many professional and social roles.
While emphasizing that “technology should not be considered, in itself, as a force antagonistic to humanity,” he wrote that “the pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs.”
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