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Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas Decries AI Threat

6/5/2026

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  • Pope Leo issued the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, critiquing AI and urging protection of human dignity.
  • Christian thinkers describe AI’s dehumanizing impact as a moral sin.
  • Critics point to AI’s environmental toll, IP theft, and cheap labor exploitation.
  • They argue that even if those harms cease, AI still threatens the Imago Dei notion of humanity.
  • The essay references Ivan Illich and Carl Trueman, who view the AI crisis as anthropological regression.