Magnifica Humanitas was a good read. I appreciate Rome’s understanding of work and the family. Many great quotes. But, I must say, as an Anglican I found it lacking a lot of Jesus. Save a few throw away sentences here or there it could have been written by any secular philosopher. — Obviously, the drive in the philosophy was distinctly Christian. But, to leave out the centrality of the Good News of God becoming man, defeating death, and being raised to new life is a missed evangelistic opportunity. Some mention of the gospel in the conclusion was welcome, but Jesus should be the center and drive of all we say and do. Not a side show. In this, the bishop of Rome “hath erred.”

“In Christ, we are called to cooperate in the work of creation, rather than be disinterested observers of technological processes that limit our freedom and responsibility.”

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“if technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity.”

Magnifica Humanitas by vatican.va

“it is necessary to design systems that are centered on the human person and not solely on performance.”

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“financial assistance to the poor may at times be necessary in emergencies, but it cannot become the sole response, since the goal is to enable each person to live with dignity through his or her own work.”

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“work is not simply an instrument; it expresses and enhances the dignity of our lives. It is a requirement of the human condition, a normal path toward maturity, development and personal fulfilment.”

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“For an algorithm, an error is a flaw to be corrected; for a person, however, an error can be a catalyst for profound change.”

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“When efficiency becomes the ultimate measure of value, human beings are tempted to see themselves as a project to be optimized rather than as persons called to relationship and communion.”

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“ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes; it must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it.”

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“Technological innovations, including artificial intelligence, are not neutral, for they can either foster participation and justice or exacerbate inequality, control and exclusion. For this reason, they must be evaluated by asking a crucial question: Do they truly help individuals and peoples to become more humane and fraternal, while respecting our common home and future generations?”

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“The value of persons, however, does not depend on what they achieve or produce. There are rights that apply to everyone simply by virtue of being human, and no human power can legitimately deny or arbitrarily limit them.”

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“building for the common good means accepting the limits and weakness of humanity without considering them an error to be corrected.”

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“In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace.”

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“We must, then, avoid the “Babel syndrome,” namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance.”

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“technology is never neutral, because it takes on the characteristics of those who devise, finance, regulate and use it. Therefore, the primary choice is not between a “yes” or “no” to technology, but rather between constructing Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem; between a power that claims to dominate the heavens and a people who work together in the presence of God to rebuild the walls of fraternal coexistence.”

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Reading through Magnifica Humanitas right now. Some good stuff, but boy do Romans realized how Mormon they sound constantly quoting and referencing their Prophets/Popes? I’m suddenly feeling very Evangelisch.