For a church accused of moving at a glacial pace, Pope Leo XIV just beat Silicon Valley, Washington, and the United Nations to the most urgent moral question of our time.
Magnifica Humanitas is not a critique of AI. It is a critique of humanity's view of ourselves. Because Pope Leo isn’t asking the world to consider simple questions of whether or not this new technology should be regulated, but, “Does AI make human life on earth ‘more human’ in every aspect of that life? Does it make it more worthy of [humanity]?” (MH, 129)
There is always an updated device, an updated platform, an updated tool, each promising greater efficiency and ease. And this logic is seeping into how we view ourselves.
This era of progress often views human frailty as an impediment to true advancement.
