The first papal encyclical of the AI age has arrived. Magnifica Humanitas is brave, historic, and necessary — and yet David Engels finds the Church flinching at the question that matters most.
The pope's encyclical letter is important, but at the same time rather superficial. It does not reach the depth of other publications on the subject, e.g. Julian Nida-Rümelin's book on Artificial Intelligence and its ethical challenges:
"Digital Humanism: For a Humane Transformation of Democracy, Economy and Culture in the Digital Age" (2022)
The pope's encyclical letter is important, but at the same time rather superficial. It does not reach the depth of other publications on the subject, e.g. Julian Nida-Rümelin's book on Artificial Intelligence and its ethical challenges:
"Digital Humanism: For a Humane Transformation of Democracy, Economy and Culture in the Digital Age" (2022)
( Find my review of this book in German here: liberalkonservativlesen.de/nida-ruemelin-weidenfeld-digitaler-humanismus-2020/ )