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Technological change also concerns work and responsibility. Reading original sources helps understand the debate without stopping at slogans.
The cultural issue of technology
In the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas of 15 May 2026, Leo XIV addresses the safeguarding of the person in the age of artificial intelligence. The text situates digital transformation within a social and ethical reflection: who guides technologies, with what goals, and with what effects on human relationships.
Power, work and responsibility
The document calls attention to the risks of concentration of infrastructures, data, and computing capacity. It also focuses on the dignity of work, education, and the distinction between systems’ performance and human responsibility. This is a magisterial position, here presented as a contribution to the cultural debate, not as a technical description shared by every discipline.
A starting point for discussion
For a publication dedicated to AI, the text raises questions to be posed to scholars, businesses, and institutions: how to distribute opportunities, how to protect freedom, and how to make decisions understandable. The consulted source is the official encyclical; no specific book edition is announced or reviewed.
Sources and documents
Document date or reference period: 15 May 2026.
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