In the time of Artificial Intelligence, humanity is faced with a choice. Whether to let itself be guided by technology and progress as the only principles on which to build our civilization, or should it put at the centre the dignity of the person, reducing technical progress to an instrument. To explain this, Pope Leo uses in this Encyclical Letter, two biblical images, one the construction of the Tower of Babel and the other the reconstruction of Jerusalem. While Pope Leo recognizes the value of technological development as an expression of human creativity, he warns of the risk of it becoming the absolute criterion of judgment. Artificial intelligence, lacking experiences, values, and feelings, cannot and should not assume a a role of responsibility and supremacy over human intelligence.
Encyclical Letters