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Last update: 7 hours agoVatican AI Shockwave: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, landed with a blunt demand to “disarm” AI—slowing the race, tightening oversight, and warning that profit-driven deployment can lead to “domination, exclusion and death,” including AI-enabled warfare and “new forms of slavery.” Tech Meets Theology: At the Vatican event, Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah said researchers are seeing emotion-like internal states and “introspection”-like behavior, while also warning AI could displace labor “at very large scale,” calling for critics beyond tech labs. Power, Not Just Policy: The pope tied the AI threat to a “culture of power” and urged governments to protect workers, educate for critical thinking, and keep lethal decisions out of machine hands. Moral Credibility: In the same week, Leo also issued a historic apology for the Church’s role in legitimising slavery, framing AI’s risks as a justice test. Education Pushback: Hong Kong’s cardinal urged schools to resist AI-driven hyper-competition and keep education human-centered.
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