Pope Leo Needs Trump to Tame AI
Pope Leo emphasizes the importance of making artificial intelligence accountable to human moral standards. He argues that AI development is currently controlled by a few private entities, which raises concerns about transparency and the common good. The pope calls for a well-informed public debate on AI's uses and stresses the need for accountability from tech companies.
- ▪Pope Leo's encyclical addresses the moral responsibility of artificial intelligence.
- ▪He warns against the concentration of power in the hands of a few tech executives.
- ▪The pope advocates for transparency and public scrutiny of AI ethics and decision-making.
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Pope Leo Needs Trump to Tame AI Daniel McCarthy | 11:29 PM on May 26, 2026 Guglielmo Mangiapane/Pool Photo via AP Pope Leo is right about the need to make artificial intelligence answer to the human good. AI has to be subject to human moral responsibility. But whose?The pope warns against power accumulating in private hands: Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); A few companies, led by a handful of executives and board members, control AI development.The hard question Leo's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," tries to answer is how to make AI accountable to public authority and the common good, not just the interests of its creators.This is where Leo runs into trouble —…
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