Pope Leo XIV released his first major papal manifesto, Magnifica Humanitas, calling for a legal and ethical framework to govern artificial intelligence. The manifesto warns about risks from AI-powered warfare and the social and economic upheaval caused by rapid AI adoption. It argues that inadequate protections for individuals threaten human dignity. The document compares the current era to the Tower of Babel and urges society to avoid “Babel syndrome,” defined as profit-driven idolatry that sacrifices the weak, uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the belief that a single language can translate the mystery of the person into data and performance. It emphasizes the need to address AI’s effects on labor and broader modern life.
"Pope Leo XIV warned of the risks of AI and unconstrained technological power in his first major papal document released on Monday. Magnifica Humanitas is the pope's manifesto on "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence," in which he discusses the dangers of AI-powered warfare, the effects of AI on labor, and the need for new legal and ethical frameworks to govern technology."
"In his papal encyclical - a kind of open letter from the Catholic Church - Pope Leo stressed the economic and social upheaval that rapid AI adoption is creating, with inadequate protections for individuals that threaten human dignity. He compared the current era of AI to the Tower of Babel, saying society must "avoid the 'Babel syndrome,'" which he defines as "the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language - even a digital one - can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance.""
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