{"id":236867,"date":"2026-06-25T02:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/keeping-faith-with-the-truth-why-artificial-intelligence-wont-make-universities-obsolete\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T04:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T08:20:11","slug":"keeping-faith-with-the-truth-why-artificial-intelligence-wont-make-universities-obsolete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/25\/keeping-faith-with-the-truth-why-artificial-intelligence-wont-make-universities-obsolete\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping faith with the truth: Why artificial intelligence won\u2019t make universities obsolete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/religion\/zlatko-skrbis-pope-leo-why-ai-wont-make-universities-obsolete\/106842516\">Keeping faith with the truth: Why artificial intelligence won\u2019t make universities obsolete<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/religion\/zlatko-skrbis-pope-leo-why-ai-wont-make-universities-obsolete\/106842516\">https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/religion\/zlatko-skrbis-pope-leo-why-ai-wont-make-universities-obsolete\/106842516<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-25 02:36:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.abc.net.au\">www.abc.net.au<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s Encyclical on Technological Disruption<\/strong>: Pope Leo XIV released the encyclical &#8220;Magnifica Humanitas&#8221; addressing the significance of maintaining humanity amidst technological advancements, particularly artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Call to Educational Institutions<\/strong>: The encyclical calls on universities and academic institutions to reinvigorate Catholic social doctrine principles to guide their responses to new technological trends.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Role of Universities in Providing Human Qualities<\/strong>: Universities are highlighted as essential for fostering essential human qualities such as presence, trust, and the ability to navigate complexity\u2014qualities that no technology can replicate.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Critical Use of AI<\/strong>: Pope Leo emphasizes the need for educational awareness and critical training in the use of AI, urging students to understand its proper and ethical applications.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Balance with Technology<\/strong>: The encyclical advocates for a balanced integration of new technology while prioritizing its beneficial use to serve humanity, underscoring the need for guided assimilation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Role in Upholding Truth and Complexity<\/strong>: The role of universities extends beyond knowledge holders to be centers where students learn to synthesize information, test claims, and develop the capacity to understand and engage with complex issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>A Call to Action<\/strong>: The document concludes with a strong call for educators to lead by example in investing in education to sustain the values and principles necessary for human progress.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Defensive Response Warning<\/strong>: While recognizing the transformative potential of digital technology, the encyclical cautions against a defensive response and stresses the importance of engaging with technological development positively and ethically.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping faith with the truth: Why artificial intelligence won\u2019t make universities obsolete https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/religion\/zlatko-skrbis-pope-leo-why-ai-wont-make-universities-obsolete\/106842516 Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/01b4df0dcc3591edf6e9678f08ffc99c?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=1928&cropW=3427&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-236867","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\/236867"}],"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=236867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236869,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236867\/revisions\/236869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}