But the tech bros building the artificial intelligence products aren’t the root of the problem. They are, for the most part, just capitalizing on the fundamental error of our time, which is our deeply flawed anthropology.We don’t know what a person is anymore.
Technology can steer us into error and make our bad anthropology worse, but only after we’ve already tossed out the good map.
As Leo put it in Magnficas Humanitas, “The key issue is not the use of technology as such, but the vision that underlies it.”
A YouTube account posting AI-generated deepfake audios of Pope Leo XIV in front of a TV screen. AI-generated videos and audios of Pope Leo XIV are populating rapidly online, racking up views as platforms struggle to police them. (Chris Delmas / AFP via Getty Images)
Listen closely to the folks in Silicon Valley hyping AI as a replacement for human labor. You can detect their unstated view of humans: They see us as computers.
