{"id":56069,"date":"2026-05-30T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/56069\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:07:12","slug":"pope-leo-praised-for-ai-intervention-silicon-valley-is-having-a-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/56069\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo praised for AI intervention: \u2018Silicon Valley is having a meltdown&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/pope-leo-xiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pope Leo XIV<\/a>, who has already made headlines for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/politics\/trump\/pope-leo-trump-west-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his feuding<\/a> with US president <a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s administration, has now turned his attention to the heavy and topical subject matter that is <a href=\"http:\/\/indy100.com\/topic\/artificial-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI), and social media users are once again throwing their support behind the religious leader.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet shared on Friday, the pontiff wrote: \u201cArtificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments are taken from the Pope\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/pope-leo-ai-magnifica-humanitas-encyclical-b2983102.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first major text<\/a> or \u2018encyclical letter\u2019 shared earlier this week, titled Magnifica Humanitas, and X\/Twitter users are loving Pope Leo\u2019s musings on this particular hot topic:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust followed the Pope\u2026 relapsed catholic,\u201d wrote one:<\/p>\n<p>Former software engineer John Doomer said the Pope \u201cjust dropped the theological patch notes for the entire AI industry\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>And ex-Obama staffer and congressional candidate Christopher Hale tweeted: \u201cSilicon Valley is having a meltdown in the comments\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>If you fancy reading the whole thing for yourself, Pope Leo\u2019s full encyclical \u2013 comprising five chapters and a conclusion \u2013 can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/encyclicals\/documents\/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the Vatican\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why not read\u2026?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/newsletters?itm_channel=native&amp;itm_campaign=footer&amp;itm_audience=prospecting&amp;itm_content=newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a> to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indy100.com\/news\/indy100-news-updates-whatsapp-channel\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to join<\/a> the indy100&#8217;s free WhatsApp channel<\/p>\n<p>Have your say in our news democracy. 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