Calls for Broader Stewardship of AI

Pope Leo XIV issued an 83-page encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, warning that AI concentrated in the hands of Big Tech and militaries risks widening inequality, weakening democracy and undermining human dignity. He urged that AI be "disarmed" from military and narrow economic interests, subject to stricter national and international rules, and opened to broad public participation in design, governance and benefits. The pope invoked the industrial-revolution-era precedent Rerum Novarum, stressed prioritizing human dignity over algorithmic power, and presented the document alongside theologians and Chris Olah of Anthropic, who backed broader societal oversight of AI development. The encyclical calls for regulation, inclusive governance and ethical stewardship to steer AI toward justice and solidarity.

Anthropic公司的奥拉表示，人工智能应由大型科技公司以外的机构来主导

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah warned that AI development should not be left solely to tech companies, urging oversight from religious leaders, governments and civil society. Speaking at a Vatican event tied to Pope Leo XIV’s first AI encyclical, Olah said AI could displace large-scale human labor and that supporting displaced workers would be a moral imperative. He argued that commercial, geopolitical and personal pressures can conflict with the public interest inside leading AI labs, so external scrutiny and informed critics are needed. Olah highlighted three priority issues: mass unemployment risk, equitable global distribution of AI benefits, and the opacity and explainability of increasingly complex systems.