Bonus: Magnifica Humanitas

For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, and David discuss the content and context of Pope Leo's first encyclical letter, "Magnifica Humanitas," its warnings against the dangers of ungoverned AI, and the realism of its approach to technology that outpaces our ability to solve very human problems. Claire Giangrave for NPR and Religion News Service: Pope Leo takes aim at big tech in sweeping encyclical on AI Christian Paz for Vox: The pope takes on AI Shira Ovide for The Washington Post: Anthropic aligns with Vatican over White House as Pope Leo addresses AI fears Matthew Walther for The New York Times: Opinion: Guest Essay: The Pope Should Be Going to War Against A.I. Why Isn’t He? Jeremy Kahn for Fortune: Pope Leo’s ‘AI encyclical’ says a lot. But critics say it misses the mark Cade Metz for The New York Times: At the Epicenter of A.I., Pope Leo’s Warnings Are Dismissed The Holy See, Leo XIV, Encyclicals: Encyclical Letter MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Miles Klee for Wired: Pope Leo Schooled the Tech Bros on Tolkien Email your chatters, questions, and comments to gabfest@slate.com. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Nina Porzucki Research by Emily Ditto Hosts Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz Find out more about David Plotz's monthly tours of Ft. DeRussy, the secret Civil War fort hidden in Rock Creek Park. Follow @SlateGabfest on X / https://twitter.com/SlateGabfest Slate Political Gabfest on Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/Gabfest/