On Monday, Pope Leo XIV presented his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas.” It sets out his vision for how we can best harness artificial intelligence without stripping away human dignity. Warning against “the construction of yet another Tower of Babel” and the dangers of standardization and the concentration of power, he insists technology cannot be human.

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… is a freelance culture journalist based in Berlin.