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Monday, 25th May 2026

Notes on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI

Dropped this morning by the Vatican: Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. This is a very interesting document. It’s some of the clearest writing I’ve seen on the ethics of integrating AI into modern society.

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