Claude, Author of the Humanitas
The recent papal encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, has raised questions about the extent of AI involvement in its creation. Evidence suggests that significant portions of the document may have been written by AI, specifically Claude. This has sparked discussions about the implications of AI in religious discourse and the safeguarding of human values in the age of technology.
- ▪Significant fractions of the recent papal encyclical are written by AI.
- ▪The AI detector Pangram indicates that some paragraphs are between 40% and 100% AI.
- ▪The encyclical's subtitle emphasizes the human person in relation to AI rather than focusing solely on the technology.
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Claude, Author of the HumanitasLinch26 May 2026 16:05 UTCprettyDate()117 pointsupdateVoteExplanation()40 comments16 min readLW linkAIPost permalinkLink without commentsLink without top nav barsLink without comments or top nav barsinjectTOCCollapseToggleButton()ContentsSignificant fractions of the recent papal encyclical are written by AIStatistical Evidence and TellsEm-dashes“Genuinely”How often is the phrase “genuinely” used in Magnifica Humanitas?this due to subject matter?this just a personality quirk of Pope Leo XIV specifically?Tricolon densityPangram analysisComparison to other encyclicalsComparison to Pope Leo XIV’s speechSidebar: Pangram has a very low false positive rate in generalProbably not a translation artifactThe same signs of AI I observe in English are essentially…
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