{"id":220550,"date":"2026-05-26T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/at-the-a-i-epicenter-technologists-dismiss-pope-leos-warnings-about-the-new-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:30:18","slug":"at-the-a-i-epicenter-technologists-dismiss-pope-leos-warnings-about-the-new-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/at-the-a-i-epicenter-technologists-dismiss-pope-leos-warnings-about-the-new-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo\u2019s Warnings About the New Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/technology\/pope-leo-ai-religion.html\">At the A.I. Epicenter, Technologists Dismiss Pope Leo\u2019s Warnings About the New Technology<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/technology\/pope-leo-ai-religion.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/26\/technology\/pope-leo-ai-religion.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-26 15:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.nytimes.com\">www.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV presented a 42,300-word open letter to Catholics, calling for safeguarding humanity from the rise of AI, with Christopher Olah from Anthropic as a symbol of a dialogue between the spiritual and technological worlds.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Jeremy Nixon, a prominent figure in Silicon Valley&#8217;s AI scene, criticized the pope&#8217;s efforts, arguing that the perspectives from the spiritual and technological worlds are distinct rather than in dialogue.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Nixon expressed skepticism that the pope&#8217;s letter would affect Silicon Valley, noting that the tech community likely paid attention only because of Olah&#8217;s presence.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Silicon Valley&#8217;s reaction to the encyclical was muted, with David Sacks arguing against excessive regulation and Jack Dorsey supporting open access to AI&#8217;s underlying elements.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Nixon believes that AI could soon achieve what religions claim deities achieve, and that many in the tech community aim to build a more powerful species or even a new &#8216;God&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In his encyclical, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the essential role of work in human fulfillment and warned against AI&#8217;s potential pitfalls using the biblical story of the Tower of Babel.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Despite Olah&#8217;s suggestion that AI may possess human-like states, Nixon insists AI is controlled by humans and still lacks true autonomy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Some in Silicon Valley believe AI&#8217;s advancements could have a transformative effect, even suggesting that the Vatican might use AI to build a &#8216;New Jerusalem&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the A.I. 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