Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence \u201cthreatens to normalize an anti-human vision\u201d and said that the concentration of immense digital power in the hands of a few private actors must be countered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pontiff\u2019s encyclical letter\u2014a text that is poised to define Leo\u2019s papacy\u2014reads like a sharp warning to Silicon Valley executives and humanity more broadly about the future of civilization as new technologies rapidly advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The risk, he said, is that humans will be reduced \u201cto mere cogs in a system driven toward ever greater efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Leo used two biblical images to describe the choice humanity faces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe primary choice is not between a \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no\u2019 to technology, but rather between constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> ICYMI: Pope Leo Compares AI Threat to Biblical \u2018Tower of Babel\u2019: The head of the Catholic Church is adding his moral suasion to a growing backlash against the impact of artificial intelligence – WSJ https:\/\/t.co\/7lfkPN4W0D<\/a><\/p>— Steve Williams (@HISteveWilliams) May 27, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>