Magnifica Humanitas, Chapter 3: Can We Moralize the Machine?

In Chapter 3 of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV takes a closer look at AI, technological advancement, and the technocratic mindset that can reduce everything—including human beings—to efficiency, optimization, and control.

Amanda and Jonathan unpack what the Church’s social teaching has to say about AI, including:

• Why more technological power doesn’t necessarily mean more human progress

• How AI can concentrate economic and social power

• Why AI should not be confused with human intelligence

• The importance of prudence, transparency, and moral responsibility

• How AI can affect creativity, relationships, and our ability to exercise judgment

• What transhumanism and the desire to “optimize” humanity have to do with our understanding of human limits

• Why our weaknesses, suffering, and dependence on others are part of what makes us human

The deeper question is one Pope Leo keeps bringing us back to: Does this technology make human life more human?

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