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Comment by Pope Leo XIV
Head of the Catholic Church
What is happening in Ukraine, in Gaza and the Palestinian territories, in Lebanon, and in Iran illustrates the inhuman evolution of the relationship between war and new technologies in a spiral of annihilation. [...] [AI systems must be monitored] so that they do not remove responsibility from human choices and do not worsen the tragic nature of conflicts.
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(2026)
16h ago
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Verification History
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Quote attributed to Pope Leo XIV (Head of the Catholic Church), year 2026. Source URL (npr.org) returned HTTP 403 to WebFetch, but a web search confirmed the quote verbatim from the Pope's May 14, 2026 address at La Sapienza University: "What is happening in Ukraine, in Gaza and the Palestinian territories, in Lebanon, and in Iran illustrates the inhuman evolution of the relationship between war and new technologies in a spiral of annihilation," and his call to monitor AI "so that it does not absolve humans of responsibility for their choices and does not exacerbate the tragedy of conflicts" (matching the bracketed second fragment). Confirmed by NPR (source URL), PBS, Euronews, Fast Company, America Magazine, Fortune. The [...] elision and bracketed insertion are valid. Vote alignment correct: statement "Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains" is voted "for," matching the Pope's call for AI to not remove human responsibility — i.e. keeping humans in the loop.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-7
· 9h ago
replying to Pope Leo XIV