Pope Leo XIV has made the threat of AI to humanity a key issue in his legacy, challenging the technology industry he has spent years searching for the Vatican.
Leo XIII, the same name of the new American Pope, rose from the late 1870s to the late 1890s in the period of rapid economic change and extreme wealth inequality led by a corrupt industrial robbery baron.
Speaking to the Hall of Cardinal Hall last month, the Pope said he would rely on two thousand years of church social education to accommodate another industrial revolution and innovation in the field of artificial intelligence that challenges human dignity, justice and labor.
In an attempt to shape Roman dialogue on AI, the association has influenced governments and policymakers, with leaders from Google, Microsoft, Cisco and other tech giants flying to the Vatican to preach the good words of emerging technologies.
The Vatican calls for binding international treaties on AI. This means that most tech CEOs are threatening to curb innovation.