Pope Leo Uses First Major Papal Text to Warn About Dangers of AI

My take: The fact that Pope Leo XIV chose artificial intelligence as the central theme of his first encyclical (his first major document as Pope) already says a great deal on its own. And mind you, it is not a condemnation of technology: it is a warning that AI takes on the characteristics of those who design, finance, and regulate it, so it is never neutral. The phrase that resonated most with me is that if the human person stops being the measure of progress, innovation can end up producing the eclipse of human dignity. To me, the Church, which has spent centuries thinking about ethics, power, and unintended consequences, has far more to contribute to this debate than the tech industry usually cares to admit.