Pope Leo XIV‘s groundbreaking encyclical on artificial intelligence warns that the future of work and society cannot be decided by a handful of tech billionaires, or by CEOs who have shown a propensity for prioritizing bottom lines over the best interests of humanity.
“It is not enough to invoke ethics in the abstract; robust legal frameworks, independent oversight, informed users and a political system that does not abdicate its responsibility are required,” the pontiff explained. “A more moral AI is not enough if that morality is determined by a few.”
On the day the encyclical was released, a headline in the online technology publication TechSpot offered an immediate insight into the importance of the Pope’s message…