Pope Leo: opaque AI run by a few firms risks "new forms of dehumanization" | Hacker News

Pope Leo warned that AI, if controlled by a small number of opaque firms, could deepen inequality and dehumanize people.

He criticized technology-driven progress that advances efficiency without matching ethical and social progress.

The pope said AI can normalize anti-human values unless it is guided by strong moral principles.

His remarks cast AI as a governance and human-dignity issue, not just a technical one.