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How the Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas offers a template for individuals to meet the AI moment
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Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on artificial intelligence includes a statement that warrants serious attention from technologists and policymakers: “Technology is never neutral.” Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”) is a clarion call to all people to act with courage and solidarity as they enter an age already being transformed by artificial intelligence, the greatest change in human life since the Industrial Revolution.
Key facts
- MIT Technology Review's authoritative overview of the 10 technologies, emerging trends, bold ideas, and powerful movements in AI in 2026
- Coalitions including the membership of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, representing investors managing over $400 billion in assets, have spent the past several proxy seasons filing
- According to Stanford’s 2026 AI Index, AI is sprinting, and they're struggling to keep up
- Of particular interest to them and that movement is Pope Leo’s point that AI is not some force of nature or hyperrational, ineffable entity
Summary
In the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, humans sought to build a massive structure that reached all the way to Heaven, only to have their project thwarted when God made those involved unable to understand one another. It was a pursuit fixated on relentless growth, divorced from any concern about God’s commandments or the human cost. The team are both Catholics, members of religious communities and longtime advocates within the movement for socially responsible investment. It’s a powerful message. Around the world, AI systems are being deployed at scale with remarkably little institutional oversight.