The Vatican's Moral Compass for the AI Age The Catholic Church has long been a vocal advocate of ethics based artificial intelligence development, a stance that is set to take center stage in Pope Leo XIV's forthcoming encyclical.
This document is expected to address the pressing issue of AI and its relationship with human dignity, social relationships, and peace – issues that have pitted nations against each other for decades.
The Vatican's emphasis on preserving human reality in the face of generative AI deepfakes, chatbots, and algorithmic hiring systems is a pragmatic as well as moral imperative.