Magnifica Humanitas with Brad Littlejohn
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Last month Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, titled Magnifica Humanitas, which addresses generative AI and the challenges it raises for human dignity, education, just war, good work, and much more. On this episode guest Brad Littlejohn joins regular co-hosts Derek Rishmawy and Brad East to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the encyclical as well as a host of other related questions.
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- 0:00Announcements And Sponsor Messages
- 3:10Why A Papal AI Encyclical Now
- 9:00What The Document Gets Right
- 14:30Where It Feels Too Thin
- 20:40AI As Idolatry Big And Small
- 28:10Chatbots Relationships And Vocation
- 34:40Autonomous Weapons And Just War
- 41:40Work Without Worthless Metrics
- 49:50Tool Metaphor And Tech Formation
- 58:10Hopeful Closing And Next Steps