Artur Kluz: Human dignity must be the measure by which we judge any technology
Artur Kluz: Human dignity must be the measure by which we judge any technology
Publish Date: 2026-07-15 08:03:00
Source Domain: www.vaticannews.va
In an interview with Vatican News, AI expert Artur Kluz, creator of “Virtue Tech” and a speaker at the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, says Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical “Magnifica humanitas” shifted the global conversation on artificial intelligence from technology itself to the human person. He adds that AI should “expand human judgment rather than replace it,” serve peace and humanitarian purposes, and that moral formation should accompany technical formation.
By Deborah Castellano Lubov
“Pope Leo XIV has shifted the global conversation about artificial intelligence from technology itself to the human person.”
In an interview with Vatican News, technology and artificial intelligence expert Artur Kluz made this observation as he reflected on Pope Leo XIV’s first Encyclical Magnifica humanitas: on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, as well as the Pope’s recent message to the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva.
The technology investor and entrepreneur is the founder and CEO of Kluz Ventures, a global investment firm focused on artificial intelligence, space exploration, and other frontier technologies. He developed the concept of “Virtue Tech,” the idea that founders, technologists, and investors need moral formation alongside technical expertise.
Kluz was among the speakers at the high-level Summit in Geneva, the United Nations’ leading platform on Artificial Intelligence, which examined how artificial intelligence is shaping the world and how it can contribute to addressing global challenges. He had reflected on the Pope’s Encyclical along with other industry experts and with officials representing the Holy See. He also founded the Kluz Prize for PeaceTech, one of the world’s leading initiatives dedicated to advancing AI and other technologies that serve humanity, build peace, and safeguard human dignity, which, over the past four years, has attracted applications from technology builders and…
