The Washington Times: Pope Leo, AI and the coming battle for human dignity

Artificial intelligence is the nuclear fission of the 21st century. It can at once benefit humanity and destroy it. Pope Leo XIV made it clear in the first days of his reign that he understood the threat.

Since the advent of the Atomic Age, the world has lived in fear of the bomb, but we quickly and necessarily learned how to harness the destructive power of nuclear fission for the benefit of man. The clear immorality of nuclear holocaust was evident from the beginning, as was the catastrophic environmental damage of uncontrolled nuclear power. Its benefits to the natural environment were ultimately also realized, producing electrical power worldwide without harmful emissions.

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