Magnifica Humanitas: Religion, Humanism, and the Critique of 'AI'

Magnifica Humanitas: Religion, Humanism, and the Critique of 'AI'

June 15, 2026 · 43 min

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The episode discusses Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence, critiquing its liberal underpinnings and absence of class struggle.

AHRC Summer Mini-Bundle: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ahrc-courses Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Who owns your dignity, and what does it cost to get it back? Craig, Adam, and Emma work through Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence, finding beneath its alleged radicalism a familiar liberal kernel: private property, mediated class relations, and a conspicuous absence of anything resembling class struggle. The launch event, staged with card...

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