S14E3: Michael Toscano on Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical

Michael Toscano joins Age of AI to discuss Pope Leo XIV’s first AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. The conversation explores human dignity, digital dependency, family life, AI personhood, and why the Vatican believes the future of artificial intelligence is ultimately a question about what it means to be human.

Links:

• https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
• https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
• https://ifstudies.org/family-first-technology-initiative
• https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/high-tech-low-play-the-life-of-american-children
• https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-ai.html
• https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/idols-of-the-valley