Magnifica Humanitas: Pope Leo XIV on Artificial Intelligence, with Brett Robinson

About this episode

The episode discusses Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on the impact of artificial intelligence on human dignity.

What are we building? Pope Leo XIV puts that question to us in his new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. The title itself echoes Mary's Magnificat — the song of a humanity whose grandeur is recognized in being lifted up by God, not in seizing heaven for itself. That grandeur, the Pope insists, is revealed in its fullness only in Christ, and threatened today by new forms of dehumanization. The encyclical takes its bearings...

People in this episode

Guest: Brett Robinson

Topics covered

• artificial intelligence
• human dignity
• Pope Leo XIV
• dehumanization
• Christianity
• spirituality

Keywords

• Pope Leo XIV
• Magnifica Humanitas
• artificial intelligence
• human person
• dehumanization
• Christianity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pope Leo XIV

Books & works: Magnifica Humanitas, Mary's Magnificat

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