Artificial Intelligence Threatens to Undermine Man’s Relationship with God and His Fellow Man

The anthropomorphization of artificial intelligence advances with terrifying ferocity. Every day seems to bring fresh developments, or horrors if one prefers, from AI boyfriends and AI family members to AI biological weapons and AI suicides. Not for nothing has Pope Leo XIV focused his young pontificate on the discernment of AI as a tool — rather than a person — as a necessary recognition for its ethical use.

We will grapple with such questions whether we wish to or not. But as we do, we ought to understand that while the questions laid bare by AI’s rapid advancement may seem new, they are in fact the oldest questions of all.

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Joshua S. Treviño

Joshua S. Treviño works in public policy in Austin, Texas, and in Washington, D.C.

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The anthropomorphization of artificial intelligence advances with terrifying ferocity. Every day seems to bring fresh developments, or horrors if one prefers, from AI boyfriends and AI family members to AI biological weapons and AI suicides. Not for nothing has Pope Leo XIV focused his young pontificate on the discernment of AI as a tool — rather than a person — as a necessary recognition for its ethical use.

We will grapple with such questions whether we wish to or not. But as we do, we ought to understand that while the questions laid bare by AI’s rapid advancement may seem new, they are in fact the oldest questions of all.