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Decyphering Magnifica Humanitas
rogress should not only be measured by what technology can do, but by whether it helps people live with greater dignity, responsibility, and hope.
Original article can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7465364528839544832/
I recently read Magnifica Humanitas, an encyclical letter by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on safeguarding the human person in the age of Artificial Intelligence. It is an interesting read I might say.
What I appreciate most is its balanced position. The letter does not reject technology or AI. Instead, it reminds us that technology is never fully neutral because its impact depends on who designs it, finances it, regulates it, and uses it. The man behind the wheel would be the right embodiment for this.
The document uses two biblical images: Babel and Jerusalem. Babel represents the risk of technology being used for domination, uniformity, and self-interest. Jerusalem represents the possibility of rebuilding society through shared responsibility, dialogue, and care for human dignity.
For me, the most relevant message is that AI governance should not only focus on efficiency, productivity, or innovation. It should also ask deeper questions:
- Who benefits?
- Who is excluded? Will human prevail?
- How is human dignity protected?
- How do we ensure that work, education, democracy, and social life remain human-centered? This is the tough one.
The encyclical also connects AI with broader principles of social doctrine, including the common good, subsidiarity, solidarity, social justice, and the universal destination of goods. It even highlights that data, algorithms, platforms, patents, and technological infrastructure should not become sources of new inequality.
Final note. Progress should not only be measured by what technology can do, but by whether it helps people live with greater dignity, responsibility, and hope. If the tech is being used to widen the gap between people then in the words of wise we would say: "we are doomed".
You can check the full manuscript here: https://lnkd.in/dzgBvkUJ
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