Peter Singer welcomes Leo’s rejection of techno-utopianism but not his first encyclical’s human-centered moral framework.
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Jun 4, 2026
Peter Singer
Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI is clear-eyed about the limits of techno-utopianism. But its vision of technology directed toward human flourishing needs to be extended to include the interests of every sentient being, human and nonhuman, biological or—possibly—artificial.
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