Pope Leo Wants to Disarm AI. Explained.
Pope Leo XIV just released his first encyclical and picked a side in the AI war. AND He brought Chris Olah, the co-founder of Anthropic, on stage to launch it. On this special solo episode of AI For Humans, Gavin breaks down the Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo's first encyclical, what it actually says
Pope Leo XIV just released his first encyclical and picked a side in the AI war. AND He brought Chris Olah, the co-founder of Anthropic, on stage to launch it.
On this special solo episode of AI For Humans, Gavin breaks down the Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo's first encyclical, what it actually says about AI, why Anthropic was invited to stand next to the Pope at the launch (does he love Claude Code??), and what the next 5-10 years look like when 1.3 billion Catholics, every other major religion, and every labor union on Earth gets handed a moral framework for the AI debate.
Plus: why this Pope picked the name Leo, what 1891's Rerum Novarum has to do with 2026, and the prediction that ethical AI might soon be defined by clergy instead of engineers.
SHOW LINKS:
Magnifica Humanitas: The Full Text https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
Chris Olah's Remarks at the Vatican (Anthropic)
https://www.anthropic.com/news/chris-olah-pope-leo-encyclical
Pope Leo Warns of AI Fueling Warfare (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/25/europe/pope-leo-ai-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-intl
Pope Calls for Robust AI Regulation (PBS NewsHour)
Rerum Novarum (1891) - Pope Leo XIII's Original Encyclical