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 Pope Leo XIV wants to stop AI playing God
The freshly minted pope is challenging the technocracy of artificial intelligence.

Pope Leo XIV lauded the “immense potential” of technology, while cautioning that it requires responsibility “to ensure that it can be used for the good of all.”
June 4, 2025 4:30 am CET
ROME — As leaders of the Catholic Church popes have long set out to confront the great challenges of their age, be they heretics, plagues or invasions.

In 2025, Pope Leo XIV has made curtailing the risks of runaway AI a defining mission of his pontificate.

In his first official address to cardinals, he warned of the dangers of AI to “human dignity, justice and labor.” Two days later, speaking to reporters, he lauded the “immense potential” of technology while cautioning that it requires responsibility “to ensure that it can be used for the good of all.”

 Leo XIV is positioning himself as a guardian of the social fabric in the face of unchecked modern technologies.

The Vatican wants to avoid some developments in AI that would be damaging to human rights and human dignity, which would likely disproportionately impact lower skilled workers
Ethicists, philosophers and tech moguls themselves have warned of the risks of companies creating intelligent life forms.  Musk has cautioned against reckless development of artificial intelligence, likening it to the creation of "a digital God."

 In 2020, then-Pope Francis assembled religious and political leaders along with tech companies such as IBM and Cisco to sign the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a commitment to the development of AI technologies that are accountable and socially beneficial.

Pope Leo XIV wants to stop AI playing God
The freshly minted pope is challenging the technocracy of artificial intelligence.

Pope Leo XIV lauded the “immense potential” of technology, while cautioning that it requires responsibility “to ensure that it can be used for the good of all.”
June 4, 2025 4:30 am CET
ROME — As leaders of the Catholic Church popes have long set out to confront the great challenges of their age, be they heretics, plagues or invasions.

In 2025, Pope Leo XIV has made curtailing the risks of runaway AI a defining mission of his pontificate.

In his first official address to cardinals, he warned of the dangers of AI to “human dignity, justice and labor.” Two days later, speaking to reporters, he lauded the “immense potential” of technology while cautioning that it requires responsibility “to ensure that it can be used for the good of all.”

 Leo XIV is positioning himself as a guardian of the social fabric in the face of unchecked modern technologies.

The Vatican wants to avoid some developments in AI that would be damaging to human rights and human dignity, which would likely disproportionately impact lower skilled workers
Ethicists, philosophers and tech moguls themselves have warned of the risks of companies creating intelligent life forms.  Musk has cautioned against reckless development of artificial intelligence, likening it to the creation of "a digital God."

 In 2020, then-Pope Francis assembled religious and political leaders along with tech companies such as IBM and Cisco to sign the Rome Call for AI Ethics, a commitment to the development of AI technologies that are accountable and socially beneficial.

I just had a chilling thought......AI might just BE God....How are we to know otherwise...Maybe all of the info that we individually accumulate is stored in a repository better known as "eternal life" after we physically die....Sorta like a matrix of sorts...

Driving up power bills

Get your jabs

Sure is making electricity cost a lot more.

That's AGI...but I don't think we get to AGI w/o IPNB (Interpersonal Neurobiology). What we do as humans is create connections - even here on T2.

Ok, I can agree with that but in order to create connections doesn't there have to be certain conditions or a specific climate of sorts to exist first before such connections tend to solidify from their transient or fleeting nature?