Users It’s an urgent warning—and a celebration of humanity and what we can do at our best. By Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Nitish Pahwa ? May 28, 2026 5:02 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images. The online reaction to Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, a 42,000-word tome focused on artificial intelligence and published by the Vatican on Monday, has seemingly positioned the Catholic figurehead as an ally of the global resistance to automated technology.…