Magnifica Humanitas: Reading Pope Leo XIV’s AI Encyclical
An AI governance researcher and international lawyer reads Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on AI, autonomous weapons and truth.
- The key to artificial intelligence has always been the representation.
Jeff Hawkins

An AI governance researcher and international lawyer reads Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on AI, autonomous weapons and truth.

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