An infographic summary of Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, 'Magnifica Humanitas,' regarding the ethical challenges of Artificial Intelligence.
A multi-panel infographic titled 'Magnifica Humanitas' about the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence. It contrasts 'Babel' (dehumanization and profit) with 'Jerusalem' (God at the center and shared responsibility). It outlines risks like concentrated power and loss of human control, and lists four pillars for a better future: relationship with God, accepting human limitations, shared responsibility, and language that unites.
FIRST ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIV ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER LEO XIV MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS On safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence 1 of 5 Introduction and Chapter 1 Today's new issues (res novae): • Artificial Intelligence • Digitalisation • New technological capabilities Risks: ▲ Concentrated power (often in private hands) ▲ Automated decision-making ▲ Loss of human control TWO ROADS AHEAD OF US: Babel Humanity without God Uniformity Dehumanisation Jerusalem God at the centre Diversity as a source of richness Brotherhood / Collaboration "What direction should we choose as people and as a human community?" MH 4 "Never has humanity had such power over itself." MH 6 The Tower of Babel Syndrome Profit before people Reducing people to mere data Growing inequalities Loss of dignity Choose "Nehemia's way" build together Dialogue Listening Inclusion Shared responsibility "No one can single-handedly bear the weight of the challenges the world is facing." MH 13 4 PILLARS FOR BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE 1 Relationship with God 2 Accepting human limitations 3 Shared responsibility 4 Language that unites "When human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace." MH 15 Let us not build another Tower of Babel; let us become builders of communion! DICASTERY FOR PROMOTING INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT www.humandevelopment.va