Citing Gandalf, Pope Leo says we must "disarm" AI
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- Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas', calls for AI to be disarmed to serve the common good, freeing it from uses of domination, exclusion, and death.
- The document critiques AI-powered weapons, neo-colonial data practices, and the hoarding of digital property like patents and algorithms, while updating Catholic social teaching for the AI age.
- Leo emphasizes building a 'civilization of love' where technology serves humanity, echoing the 1891 encyclical 'Rerum Novarum' in addressing contemporary upheavals.
- It warns against technological elites and compares them to colonial conquerors, indirectly targeting companies like Palantir and Anduril with its critiques.