English – The Conversation | Pope Leo XIV compares AI to the Industrial Revolution – as new alternatives to big AI firms take shape by Nathan Schneider, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

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Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, released on May 25 2026, calls for a Catholic‑inspired response to the AI revolution, echoing Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 Rerum Novarum which addressed industrial‑era upheavals. The document warns that today’s AI industry risks becoming a “Tower of Babel” dominated by a few corporations, urging a collaborative, human‑centered alternative akin to the biblical rebuilding of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. It advocates for workers’ rights, cooperative ownership models, and the management of data as a common good, highlighting emerging examples such as transparent, co‑owned AI projects in Switzerland, farmer co‑ops, and research‑driven platforms. The encyclical thus frames AI as a social and moral challenge that demands active participation, just‑economy principles, and policy experiments to ensure technology serves humanity rather than subjugates it.

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