{"id":1329655,"date":"2025-09-19T16:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Zr8Fgumr9bnkWj2mzbFaM8"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:31:47","slug":"pope-leo-refuses-to-authorise-an-ai-pope-and-declares-the-technology-an-empty-cold-shell-that-will-do-great-damage-to-what-humanity-is-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pope-leo-refuses-to-authorise-an-ai-pope-and-declares-the-technology-an-empty-cold-shell-that-will-do-great-damage-to-what-humanity-is-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo refuses to authorise an AI Pope and declares the technology &#8216;an empty, cold shell that will do great damage to what humanity is about&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/vatican\/2025\/09\/leo-gives-first-exclusive-interview-to-crux-correspondent-for-new-bio\" target=\"_blank\">with biographer Eloise Allen<\/a> that &#8220;if there&#8217;s anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list&#8221; (<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2025\/09\/19\/pope_vetoes_ai_avatar\/\" target=\"_blank\">first spotted by The Register<\/a>). Pope Leo, who is forthright about his views on the new technology, also said that he had been asked for his authorisation to create an AI Pope.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with &#8216;the Pope&#8217;,&#8221; said the pontiff. &#8220;This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m not going to authorize that&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo has previously said that he chose the name Leo partially as a tribute to Pope Leo III, the 19th century Pope best-known for Rerum novarum, a treatise on the exploitation of the working class during the Industrial Revolution. In one of his first addresses to cardinals, Pope Leo said AI is &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/the-new-pope-picked-his-name-for-the-defense-of-human-dignity-amidst-the-ai-revolution\/\" target=\"_blank\">another Industrial Revolution<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In this latest interview, the Pope returns to the theme of human rights and dignity. &#8220;If we automate the whole world and only a few people have the means with which to more than just survive, but to live well, have meaningful lives, there&#8217;s a big problem, a huge problem coming down the line,&#8221; said Pope Leo.<\/p>\n<p>The Holy Father worries about \u201cextremely rich people who are investing in artificial intelligence\u201d but \u201ctotally ignoring the value of human beings and of humanity.&#8221; He adds: &#8220;If the Church doesn&#8217;t speak up, or if someone doesn&#8217;t speak up about that\u2014but the Church certainly needs to be one of the voices here\u2014the danger is that the digital world will go on its own way and we will become pawns, or left by the wayside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"RRX7LLBActnpYmVpFrbEVV\" name=\"Pope Leo XIV speech\" alt=\"Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May 8, 2025. Robert Francis Prevost was on Thursday elected the first pope from the United States, the Vatican announced. A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. (Photo by TIZIANA FABI\/AFP via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pope-leo-refuses-to-authorise-an-ai-pope-and-declares-the-technology-an-empty-cold-shell-that-will-do-great-damage-to-what-humanity-is-about.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: TIZIANA FABI via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pope says he&#8217;s not against progress or new technology, but basically doesn&#8217;t like the way things are going: &#8220;I think to lose that relationship will leave science as an empty, cold shell that will do great damage to what humanity is about. And the human heart will be lost in the midst of the technological development, as things are going right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo is clearly up for the fight against big tech, and his remarks echo some of his previous statements: I particularly enjoyed when he called AI a threat to &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/calling-ai-a-threat-to-human-dignity-justice-and-labor-pope-leo-xiv-of-all-people-takes-on-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">human dignity, justice and labor<\/a>.&#8221; Heck, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-pope-got-gifted-a-pokemon-card-signed-another-and-thought-it-was-all-a-great-laugh-he-began-showing-it-off-to-the-guards\/\" target=\"_blank\">he even seems to like Pokemon<\/a>. I&#8217;m not looking to convert anytime soon, but I&#8217;m certainly listening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"e7c925f0-7394-4de2-a72c-29ffd6c2bf07\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/pope-leo-refuses-to-authorise-an-ai-pope-and-declares-the-technology-an-empty-cold-shell-that-will-do-great-damage-to-what-humanity-is-about-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"e7c925f0-7394-4de2-a72c-29ffd6c2bf07\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/pope-leo-refuses-to-authorise-an-ai-pope-and-declares-the-technology-an-empty-cold-shell-that-will-do-great-damage-to-what-humanity-is-about\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV has rejected the idea of an AI Pope, saying in an interview with biographer Eloise Allen that &#8220;if there&#8217;s anybody who should not be represented by an avatar, I would say the Pope is high on the list&#8221; (first spotted by The Register). Pope Leo, who is forthright about his views on the new technology, also said that he had been asked for his authorisation to create an AI Pope. &#8220;Someone recently asked authorization to create an artificial me so that anybody could sign onto this website and have a personal audience with &#8216;the Pope&#8217;,&#8221; said the pontiff. &#8220;This artificial intelligence Pope would give them answers to their questions, and I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m not going to authorize that&#8217;.&#8221; Pope Leo has previously&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pope-leo-refuses-to-authorise-an-ai-pope-and-declares-the-technology-an-empty-cold-shell-that-will-do-great-damage-to-what-humanity-is-about\/\">Read 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