Deus in Machina: Pope Leo XIV against Artificial Intelligence

On Monday, May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV issued the papal encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, serving as an official ecclesiastical warning against the threat of uncontrolled Artificial Intelligence. This paper is an attempt to interpret the Pope's intervention in the context of the Christian theology the he represents as opposed to the digital instrumental rationality of AI.

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Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
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2026-05-31
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https://doi.org/10.17613/mhrh0-jwf54
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Deus in Machina: Pope Leo XIV against Artificial Intelligence

Alexandros Schismenos
Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Deus in Machina: Pope Leo XIV against Artificial Intelligence

Alexandros Schismenos
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Abstract

On Monday, May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV issued the papal encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, serving as an official ecclesiastical warning against the threat of uncontrolled Artificial Intelligence. This paper is an attempt to interpret the Pope's intervention in the context of the Christian theology the he represents as opposed to the digital instrumental rationality of AI.

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