This week, J and Nir talk to Father Michael Baggot about Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which outlines Catholic positions on AI and other emerging technologies. Father Michael Baggot is an Associate Professor of Bioethics at the Vatican’s Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome, a member of the Scholarly Advisory Board for Magisterium AI, and the chief editor of Enhancement Fit for Humanity: Perspectives on Emerging Technologies.

MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS 

“Pope Leo’s First Encyclical Is a Game Changer,” The Nation 

“Pope Leo XIV Against the Market’s Techno-Dehumanization,” Jacobin 

“Pope Leo Isn’t Standing Athwart the Singularity” New York Times 

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