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Pope Leo XIV on Monday released a 42,000-word encyclical calling for government regulation of artificial intelligence and implored world leaders to ensure the burgeoning technology is used for the benefit of all humankind \u2014 not concentrated in the hands of a powerful, profit-seeking few.<\/p>\n

Leo warned in the first major theological document of his papacy that unrestrained AI and its potentially far-reaching impacts \u2014 including mass job loss, environmental degradation, and increasingly catastrophic warfare \u2014 heightens the \u201crisk of dehumanization,\u201d subjugating much of humanity in the name of \u201cgreater efficiency\u201d and technological advancement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs with every major technological shift, AI tends to amplify the power of those who already possess economic resources, expertise, and access to data,\u201d Leo wrote in the document, titled Magnifica Humanitas<\/em>. \u201cIn light of the common good and the universal destination of goods, this raises serious concerns, since small but highly influential groups can shape information and consumption patterns, influence democratic processes, and steer economic dynamics to their own advantage, undermining social justice and solidarity among peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leo warned that eliminating jobs en masse by replacing human beings with robots \u2014 an aim of some of the most powerful companies in the world, including the e-commerce behemoth Amazon \u2014 without adequate protections and compensation for impacted workers would be morally obscene and calamitous to social order.<\/p>\n

\u201cA society that guarantees employment to only a small fraction of the population, despite having a high level of technical development, risks exposing many to forced inactivity, a lack of responsibility, and the absence of daily tasks and stimuli, resulting in human and cultural impoverishment,\u201d the pope wrote. \u201cThis creates a paradox of material progress and anthropological regression that undermines the foundations of a just and stable social peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leo cautioned against the growing use of AI in military conflict, a warning delivered alongside the CEO of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, which was embroiled in a tense and public dispute with the Trump administration earlier this year over the use of the company\u2019s technology for military purposes and mass surveillance. The pontiff has also clashed with the Trump administration, which has attacked Leo for publicly criticizing the US-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo algorithm can make war morally acceptable,\u201d reads the pope\u2019s encyclical. \u201cAI does not remove the intrinsic inhumanity of conflict; indeed it can only bring about conflict more quickly and render it more impersonal, lowering the threshold for resorting to violence, transforming defense into threat prediction and thus reducing victims to data. In this way, it will accustom us to the idea that violence is inevitable and needs only to be optimized.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leo, whose warnings about the implications of rapid advancements in AI technology echoed concerns expressed by progressive lawmakers in the US and around the world, made clear that he doesn\u2019t view new technology, including AI, as inherently \u201cantagonistic to humanity,\u201d noting that \u201ctechnological development has significantly improved the living conditions of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, each phase of progress has also revealed the ambiguity of tools that can cause harm when not oriented toward the good,\u201d Leo wrote. \u201cIt is necessary to establish adequate regulatory tools capable of upholding justice and curbing the distorting effects of technological power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCrucial questions impose themselves on our conscience,\u201d he added, \u201cand can no longer be avoided: Where are we going? Toward what goal do we wish to orient ourselves? What direction should we choose as a people and as a human community?\u201d<\/p>\n

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