The Vatican releases Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical *Magnifica Humanitas* with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah scheduled to speak
The encyclical warns that unbridled technology risks human dignity.
#20Miles Brundage@MILES_BRUNDAGEWhat did you think the Mandate of Heaven meant, essays? Vibes?
Surprised the encyclical hasn’t leaked to The Information yet
#21Chris Olah@CH402The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world – religions, civil society, academics, governments – to participate in creating a positive outcome.
I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.
Vatican News@VaticanNewsPope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on preserving the human person in the age of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25. A presentation event with the Pope and various speakers is scheduled for the same day at the Vatican. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-05/pope-leo-xiv-first-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas.html
#151MMitchell@MMITCHELL_AIAlso women. (Which requires AI companies to consistently hire, retain, and promote them)
Chris Olah@ch402The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world – religions, civil society, academics, governments – to participate in creating a positive outcome. I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.
#167Emad@EMOSTAQUEAmo Dei
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@yonashav ???
Yo Shavit@yonashavbefore you overreact, the Holy See is notoriously captured by Open Philanthropy
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Update two from Vatican News. Anthropic AI co-founder Chris Olah will also be speaking!
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update on Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴. It will be presented on Monday, May 25th. 'Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI'
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update two from Vatican News. Anthropic AI co-founder Chris Olah will also be speaking!
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_The presentation of Pope Leo XIV's first Encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴 - on the safeguarding of humanity in the age of Al - will be going live about 14 hours from now. At 2:30 am if you live on the West Coast.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update on Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴. It will be presented on Monday, May 25th. 'Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI'
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_The presentation of Pope Leo XIV's first Encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴 - on the safeguarding of humanity in the age of Al - will be going live about 14 hours from now. At 2:30 am if you live on the West Coast.
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Update on Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical: 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘴. It will be presented on Monday, May 25th.
'Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI'
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_That was supposed to say signing.
Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_A day after singing an encyclical on AI, which will be made public in the next two weeks, Pope Leo XIV has launched an Interdicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence to consider 'its potential effects on human beings and on humanity as a whole.'
#517Andrew Curran@ANDREWCURRAN_Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Update two from Vatican News. Anthropic AI co-founder Chris Olah will also be speaking!
#638Yo Shavit@YONASHAVbefore you overreact, the Holy See is notoriously captured by Open Philanthropy
#638Yo Shavit@YONASHAVmy guess is they got an ICML weak-reject
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
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HOLY SHIT NEW MODEL INCOMING??
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rumor has it Claude Cowork will be rebranded to “Work of Claude”
Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭@elder_pliniusHOLY SHIT NEW MODEL INCOMING??
#678Aryaman Arora@ARYAMAN2020the new encyclical is rumoured to codify “the infallibility of RoPE”
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
position embedding researchers post 95-page thesis on arXiv in protest
Aryaman Arora@aryaman2020the new encyclical is rumoured to codify “the infallibility of RoPE”
#678Aryaman Arora@ARYAMAN2020bitter disagreements over the linear representation hypothesis and the manifold representation hypothesis culminated in the Second Great Schism at the Synod of Berkeley in 2027
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.
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Pliny the Liberator 🐉󠅫󠄼󠄿󠅆󠄵󠄐󠅀󠄼󠄹󠄾󠅉󠅭@elder_pliniusHOLY SHIT NEW MODEL INCOMING??
Anthropic taking their holier than thou attitude to literally Papal levels
@yonashav didn’t have a broader impacts statement.
Yo Shavit@yonashavmy guess is they got an ICML weak-reject
God I’m so excited
For those not following. The Pope’s first encyclical, Magnificent Humanity, is on the role of humanity in the age of AI
He chose the name Leo after author of the Catholic church’s response to the Industrial Revolution, Rerum Novarum
#1250Brydon Eastman@BRHYDONThe Church's response to ai has been a very pleasant and welcomed surprise.
An institution that in many ways has been stuck in 1870 is rising to engage the current moment more critically and earnestly than any government.
Pope Leo XIV@PontifexAs evidenced by the unbridled promotion and implementation of technology at the expense of human dignity, we are truly experiencing an eclipse of the sense of what it means to be human. It is imperative to recover an understanding of the true meaning and grandeur of humanity as intended by God. It is in this sense that the challenge we currently face is not technological, but anthropological, and it is my hope that the Encyclical Letter to be published within a few days will contribute to answering this challenge.
#1282Tim Hwang@TIMHWANGthe institute for a christian machine intelligence
#1356Charles Foster@CFGEEKI’m hopeful that Magnifica Humanitas will go beyond mere applause lights. Offer concrete guidance about *how* to deal with AI. The world needs it.
Looking forward to next week's announcement that Anthropic and the Vatican are teaming up for a joint project on Applied Theology. (This joke is in honour of the sadly departed Vernor Vinge).
Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh@S_OhEigeartaighGod's blessing is about to be bestowed upon Mechanistic Interpretability.
#1457Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh@S_OHEIGEARTAIGHOn point.
#1457Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh@S_OHEIGEARTAIGHI agree with this and am glad to see such meetings happening. I've also been very happy to see the Vatican engaging with the academic community on AI risk over the last year, and the documents it's released. Would be good to see other religions/sects engage similarly. This affects everyone - potentially the biggest change global humanity has undergone.
Chris Olah@ch402The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world – religions, civil society, academics, governments – to participate in creating a positive outcome. I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.
#1488Samuel Hammond 🦉@HAMANDCHEESEPope ngmi
#1735Andy Masley@ANDYMASLEYAh yeah the guy from the 80,000 Hours podcast I heard 5 years ago, wonder how he's doing
Diane Montagna@dianemontagnaJUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at the presentation will include: Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith; Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development; Professor Anna Rowlands, Political Theology, including Catholic Social Teaching, and theological ethics of human migration, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, United Kingdom; Christopher Olah, co-founder of Anthropic (USA) and head of interpretability research for artificial intelligence; Dr. Leocadie Lushombo, Political Theology and Catholic Social Thought, Jesuit School of Theology / Santa Clara University, California. Concluding remarks will be delivered by thel Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The presentation will also include an address by Pope Leo XIV. Magnifica Humanitas was signed and dated on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the promulgation of Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Letter Rerum Novarum.