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In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV urged AI to serve humanity not dominate it, claiming that “technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it”. Marco Iacobucci Epp/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Is the Pope’s AI encyclical a warning on Tech Messianism?

Francisco De Abreu Duarte, European University Institute

We are living in a world backed by technology that seems to have a spiritual project of its own. Are the fears of the Pope’s AI-critical encyclical founded?

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