The Vatican Takes On AI

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Kara talks to Father Paolo Benanti, a Franciscan friar, theologian
and AI ethics adviser to the Vatican, about why AI has become a
central concern for the Catholic Church. They discuss Pope Leo
XIV’s encyclical on AI, the Church’s role in shaping a more
human-centered debate and why Benanti sees today’s AI race as a
question of power, democracy, belief and human dignity. Kara
presses him on Silicon Valley’s influence, Peter Thiel's views on
the Antichrist and whether the Vatican can serve as a public square
for global AI debate. Plus: can the Church help unite countries
around shared global safeguards? Come see Kara live in DC. She is
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