Long-term thinking on AI

I’m presently working on aspects of AI in higher education, so I have started reading Pope Leo XIV first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas with interest. This technological change is a challenge for the nature of education and society. I appreciate the reminder that “technological evolution does not follow a predetermined path, but can be guided by personal and collective responsibility” (MH238) … and that this is something to be taught learned and lived.

Also, he cites Gandalf.

I am not Catholic and acknowledge the tonnage of history and present-day issues. And still, church can and should be a force for good, and I also want to open my eyes when it is. In this context, I also acknowledge Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical on capital and labor. It is the start of present-day Catholic social teaching. It is not surprising that Leo XIV's starts his narrative there.