Robert Francis Prevost, the new pope since Thursday, May 8, opposes technology and “lack of faith”. An important speech for that which the media present as the first pope of the era of artificial intelligence.
In his first homily pronounced in front of the cardinals, the new Pope Leo XIV, who succeeds Pope Francis, made a discourse strangely hostile to new technologies, which he links to other vices like “Money, success, power and pleasure”.
For this modern pope, however, Who does not hesitate to use Twitter When he wants to criticize the American vice-president, technology is an obstacle to belief. Enough to predict an anti-IA discourse in the coming months, while this technology offers a source of almost infinite knowledge. Some do not hesitate to compare it to a form of digital God.
Technology diverts from religion for Pope Leo XIV
In his speech in Italian, Pope Leo XIV decided to publicly oppose several aspects to faith. “Even today, there are many environments in which Christian faith is considered absurd, intended for weak and unintelligent. Environments where we prefer other values such as technology, money, success, power or pleasure.pronounced Léon XIV, who points to technological environments as contemptuous sectors towards the Catholic religion.
“These are environments where it is not easy to testify and announce the Gospel, and where those who believe are ridiculed, persecuted, despised or, at best, tolerated and pity”adds the new Pope, who sees places hostile to new technologies in these environments.
With this speech, Pope Leo XIV presents the Christian faith as a bulwark against the excesses of a society that would have lost its bearings. But it remains surprising to see technologies consider as an excess in the same way as money, when it is rather a science. No one can deny the possible drifts of new technologies, particularly in an overpowered Silicon Valley, but should we really see access to knowledge as a better obstacle? “The lack of faith often leads to dramas, such as the loss of the meaning of life, the forgetting of mercy, the violation of the dignity of the person in its most dramatic forms “Said the new pope.
During his pontificate, Léon XIV wishes to reconquer the faithful. Will this go through a strong opposition to the digital revolution that is artificial intelligence? For tech giants, the creation of AGS, for general artificial intelligence, would be like creating omniscient intelligence capable of responding to everything and solving the problems of society. The Catholic Church may not see this new direction with a good eye.
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