Jason Silva

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Here are some thoughts on Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica humanitas.

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We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance. This is the risk of dehumanization: building a future that excludes God and reduces the other to a means.

From the remarks this morning of Christopher Olah, head of interpretability research and co-founder of Anthropic AI. This is the point that has been the most difficult one to get across to the public; the models are not designed, they are grown. x.com/i/status/20589…

This one document contains more moral clarity, spiritual guidance, philosophical wisdom, and pure human intelligence than all the digital ink spilled in the last decade. Please, please read it all. No matter what your religious beliefs are, please think about it, teach its ideas, discuss it, ponder it. *This* is the level of thoughtfulness we need as a society, and this is what humanity looks like. vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Christopher Olah, a Canadian billionaire businessman and researcher who co-founded AI giant Anthropic, sitting in the Synodal Hall and speaking next to Pope Leo said, closing his speech: "I'd like to close with a request. We need more of the world - religious communities, civil society, scholars, governments - to do what His Holiness has done here: to take this seriously, to look closely, and to push events in a better direction. We need informed critics who will tell the labs when we are failing. We need moral voices that the incentives cannot bend. Today is just the beginning - the start of a long collaboration between those of us who are building this and those who can see what we, from inside, cannot. Today is a powerful illustration of the form this global project of good will might take. Let it also be a decisive first step toward a hopeful future for magnificent humanity."

Qui est Christopher Olah, le cofondateur d’Anthropic que l’Église de Léon XIV cherche à «débaucher» ? Par @alearesu legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/05/25/…

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Anthropic (l'IA Claude) qui sollicite un prêtre pour discerner ses dilemmes moraux, des ingénieurs de la Sillicon Valley qui, pris de vertige se tournent vers la foi. Super enquête de @YounaRivallain sur la quête spirituelle des ingénieurs de la tech la-croix.com/religion/seign…

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Chris Olah, Canadian billionaire and machine learning researcher who co-founded Anthropic, at the Vatican succinctly explaining what AI is

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The Pope has weighed in: AI isn't magic. It is produced by a currently deeply exploitative, extractive supply chain. It challenges human dignity; it could fuel a new colonialism. And among the greatest challenges of our time will be to redirect its path of development.

Anthropic’s Chris Olah at the Vatican press conference to present Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI: “There is a real possibility that AI will displace human labor at very large scale. If that happens, supporting those displaced will be a moral imperative of historic proportions.” Pope Leo wrote in the encyclical, “The pursuit of greater profits cannot justify choices that systematically sacrifice jobs, because the human person is an end, not a means, and the economic order must remain subordinate to human dignity and the common good.”

The Vatican spent a decade courting Silicon Valley companies to work hand in hand with the Church on developing ethical AI. Most ignored them. Marc Andreessen dismissed them. Peter Thiel bullied them. And more than anyone else, Christopher Olah and Anthropic said yes to them. thelettersfromleo.com/p/confronting-…

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Pope Leo XIV called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. apnews.com/article/pope-a…