English – The Conversation | Pope Leo warns of AI’s risks to humanity in his first encyclical by Niusha Shafiabady, Professor in Computational Intelligence, Australian Catholic University
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Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, *Magnifica Humanitas* (Magnificent Humanity), declares artificial intelligence one of the defining moral challenges of our time and argues that technology must serve humanity rather than concentrate power or erode human dignity. Drawing a parallel with Pope Leo XIII’s *Rerum Novarum* on the Industrial Revolution, the 42‑thousand‑word letter warns that AI is never neutral, inherits the values of its creators, and must be subject to ethical oversight, social‑justice safeguards, responsible governance and peace‑building measures. It condemns the use of AI in autonomous weapons, urging rigorous ethical limits, and critiques the growing concentration of technological power that reduces people to data or economic units. Emphasizing a “civilisation of love” over a “culture of power,” the encyclical seeks to shape the moral framework for the AI age, urging societies to anchor AI’s immense power in the intrinsic dignity of every person.
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