{"id":259496,"date":"2026-05-30T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/americans-echo-pope-leos-concerns-about-ai-it-threatens-workers-privacy-and-human-life-pope-leo-xiv\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:35:08","slug":"americans-echo-pope-leos-concerns-about-ai-it-threatens-workers-privacy-and-human-life-pope-leo-xiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/americans-echo-pope-leos-concerns-about-ai-it-threatens-workers-privacy-and-human-life-pope-leo-xiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans echo Pope Leo\u2019s concerns about AI: \u2018It threatens workers, privacy and human life\u2019 | Pope Leo XIV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Americans echo Pope Leo\u2019s concerns about AI: \u2018It threatens workers, privacy and human life\u2019 | Pope Leo XIV<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/may\/30\/pope-leo-ai-reaction<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-30 07:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n

I<\/span>n his first major papal text since assuming leadership of the Catholic church last year, Pope Leo issued a stark warning about the rise of artificial intelligence this week, denouncing the \u201cculture of power\u201d driving the AI age.<\/p>\n

Calling for the \u201cmost rigorous\u201d ethical constraints on AI \u2013 which he described as one of the greatest threats facing humanity today \u2013 the first US-born pope also warned of \u201cnew forms of slavery\u201d emerging through the digital economy.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Guardian, readers in the US echoed the pope\u2019s concerns, describing AI as an \u201cunregulated\u201d industry increasingly being used to the \u201cdetriment of too many people\u201d, while also raising fears about surveillance, labor displacement, war and environmental harm.<\/p>\n

For Linda Given, a 74-year-old resident of Boston, Massachusetts, who ran a small gift store in Cambridge for nearly 40 years, the pope\u2019s warning resonated deeply.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s right to emphasize the dignity of humans, and to warn that things in the AI field are moving both too fast, and without any significant oversight,\u201d Given said, adding: \u201cTo use it as any kind of substitute for human interaction or human agency [is] awful \u2026 [and] the entirely likely possibility it could be manipulated to do destructive things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stephen Sincoskie, a 55-year-old print shop supervisor from Howell, New Jersey, expressed similar concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnregulated AI is a possible threat to workers, privacy and even human life. Unfortunately, the most corrupt family in politics \u2026 is making money to look the other way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Stephen Sincoskie.<\/span> Photograph: Courtesy of Stephen Sincoskie<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m concerned the use of AI will replace workers and assist in the ushering in of a fascistic surveillance state. I do not believe for one second the 1% are interested in paying out guaranteed monthly salaries for everyone to relax and enjoy a career and \u2018debt free\u2019 life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Others focused on the effect AI is already having on education and…<\/p>\n

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