‘Technology is never neutral’: Pope Leo XIV criticises ‘culture of power’ driving AI race, and refuses to be taken in by consciousness claims
As an atheist, you won’t see me at Mass, but I’ll gladly welcome the Pope as another AI-sceptic ally. Pope Leo XIV has just issued his first encyclical letter since being elected in 2025, calling for a ‘safeguarding of the human person in the time of artificial intelligence’. Titled ‘Magnifica Humanitas‘ (‘magnificent humanity’ in Latin),…