{"id":229720,"date":"2026-06-10T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T00:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:45:25","slug":"babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/10\/babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Babel, Jerusalem and the challenge of artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicweekly.com.au\/babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence\/\">Babel, Jerusalem and the challenge of artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catholicweekly.com.au\/babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence\/\">https:\/\/catholicweekly.com.au\/babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-10 20:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"catholicweekly.com.au\">catholicweekly.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pope Leo XIV signs &#8220;Magnifica Humanitas,&#8221; the first encyclical of his papacy, focusing on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.<\/li>\n<li>The encyclical contextualizes the rise of AI within both biblical narratives of the Tower of Babel and the rebuilding of Jerusalem\u2019s walls under Nehemiah to frame its reflections.<\/li>\n<li>It highlights the dangers of technological absolutism akin to the hubris of Babel, where progress is pursued for self-exaltation rather than for the common good.<\/li>\n<li>The Pope calls for ethical technology use, emphasizing that creativity and technology should be rooted in humility, truth, and moral responsibility, serving human dignity and communal well-being.<\/li>\n<li>The central message is that AI should not replace human creativity, conscience, empathy, or spiritual transcendence, underscoring that true dignity comes from being created in the image of God.<\/li>\n<li>The encyclical advocates for moral discernment and a Christian approach to technology that safeguards human dignity and prevents dehumanization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Babel, Jerusalem and the challenge of artificial intelligence https:\/\/catholicweekly.com.au\/babel-jerusalem-and-the-challenge-of-artificial-intelligence\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-10 20:14:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/catholicweekly.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260526T1730-MAGNIFICA-HUMANITAS-COLUMN-SCALIA-1820480-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-229720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229724,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229720\/revisions\/229724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}