The Human Soul of the Fight to Control AI

During World War II, bomber pilots would tell each other, “if you’re taking flak, you’re over the target.” Don’t demur, you’ve struck a nerve. Opposition, at times, isn’t all that bad a sign — if anything, it could point to something good, or at least true. Judged by that standard, the reception of Pope Leo XIV’s pronouncement on artificial Intelligence has been curious. Some have fought over its account of just war theory; others have questioned its denial of machine sentience. Yet its…