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19th-century Catholic teachings, 21st-century tech: How concerns about AI guided pope's name choice

19th-century Catholic teachings, 21st-century tech: How concerns about AI guided pope's name choice

Robert Francis Prevost has attributed the rise of artificial intelligence as the reason for his chosen papal name Leo XIV—a tribute to Pope Leo XIII, who served amid the Industrial Revolution, another time of radical technological change. Read from CU expert Nathan Schneider on The Conversation.

 


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