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.
Authors
- Alexandros Schismenos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8490-4223)
Institutions
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
- Published
- 2026-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17613/rnwtk-g8930
- Primary Topic
- Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00