On a Friday afternoon in March 2023, a Chicago construction worker ate some magic mushrooms and opened an AI image generator. After experimenting for a while, 31-year-old Pablo Xavier typed in a ...

One strange feature of the last few years of AI discourse has been spiritual vocabulary creeping into the speech of secular leaders. CEOs, VCs, and researchers have become comfortable holding forth on ...

Pope Leo XIV went viral on Monday with his warning about the threats AI poses to humanity and the steps he believes should be taken to ensure that “the idolatry of profit” does not “sacrifice the weak ...

A North Carolina software engineer already secured an accommodation allowing her to avoid using AI at work based on her religious beliefs. Reading time 2 minutes Pope Leo XIV’s recent encyclical on AI ...