{"id":53,"date":"2026-05-27T06:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=53"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:11:55","slug":"pope-leo-paints-bleak-ai-future-with-tower-of-babel-warning-without-human-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=53","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo Paints Bleak AI Future\u2014With &#8216;Tower Of Babel\u2019 Warning\u2014Without Human Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>What Pope Leo Says About How Ai Can Create A Modern &#8216;tower Of Babel&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>As technology continues to develop, the Pope said humanity is facing a choice to either \u201cconstruct a new Tower of Babel, or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together.\u201d The biblical story tells of a human effort to build a city putting humanity on par with the divine. &#8220;When a city is built on pride and the claim to self-sufficiency, communication breaks down, languages are confused and people no longer understand each other. The result is not unity, but dispersion. Babel thus reveals the limits of any effort that, however grandiose, arises from self-affirmation, sacrifices human dignity for efficiency and aspires to reach heaven without God\u2019s blessing,\u201d Pope Leo said. &#8220;We must, then, avoid the \u201cBabel syndrome,\u201d namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language \u2014 even a digital one \u2014 can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. The risk of dehumanization \u2014 of building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means \u2014 is an ancient and ever-new temptation that today takes on a technical guise.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=51\">Anthropic Billionaire Cofounder Joins Pope Leo, Warns AI Job Losses Will Spark \u201cMoral Imperative Of Historic Proportions\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Pope Warns Ai World Will Create Ultimate Surveillance, \u2018second-Class Humans\u2019 <\/h2>\n<p>The letter warns technological advancement could soon erode human freedom. &#8220;A further risk, less visible but no less serious, is that of social control made possible by the massive collection of data and use of algorithmic systems. When every action\u2014movements, purchases, relationships and preferences\u2014leaves a trace, a new form of power emerges, namely the power to profile, predict and influence behavior, often without individuals being fully aware of it,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Freedom in the digital age is not merely a matter of interiority but also a public concern&#8230; At the root of these problems lies a technocratic and post-humanist mentality that tends to regard the human person as an object to be manipulated or a resource to be optimized, removing all safeguards against the unchecked pursuit of profit. What prevails is efficiency, rather than respect for freedom and human dignity. Some post-humanist currents even go so far as to envision \u201csecond-class\u201d human beings, subordinate to the interests of elites who consider themselves superior.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2>Artificial Intelligence Will Never Have Morality, Pope Warns<\/h2>\n<p>Pope Leo warned of using AI-powered weapons systems in war, postulating the technology will make the outcomes of conflict less subject to human control. &#8220;This violates the principle that armed force should be used only as a last resort in cases of legitimate self-defense. For this reason, the development and use of AI in warfare must be subject to the most rigorous ethical constraints, to guarantee respect for human dignity and the sanctity of life and to avoid a race to develop such arms,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Sometimes there is talk of \u2018artificial moral agents,\u2019 as if machines were able to distinguish between right and wrong with greater consistency than a human being. Yet moral judgment cannot be reduced to calculation, for it involves conscience, personal responsibility and the recognition of the other as a person. Therefore, it is not permissible to entrust lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions to artificial systems. No algorithm can make war morally acceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=49\">Rising Beef Prices Are Slaughtering Steakhouses<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Pope Quotes From Tolkien&#8217;s \u201clord Of The Rings\u201d <\/h2>\n<p>The letter quoted the character Gandalf from the works of \u201cLord of the Rings\u201d author J.R.R. Tolkien: \u201c\u2018It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till.\u2019 The civilization of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity that serve as a bulwark against dehumanization. For this reason, it is worthwhile pausing to reflect on some aspects of how we, each in our own way, can cooperate in building the civilization of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Further Reading<\/h2>\n<p>Anthropic Official Will Join Pope Leo For New AI Church Policy Statement (Forbes)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=47\">1 Dead And 9 Missing After Chemical Implosion At Washington Paper Mill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV warned Monday of a profound moral collapse driven by technology, war and a widening disregard for human life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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