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Pope Leo XIV says he’s not losing sleep over AI apocalypse fears

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Pope Leo XIV told journalists during a flight from France to Rome that he is not panicking about the possibility of artificial intelligence destroying humanity. Speaking at a press conference on the papal plane on September 28, the pope said he is not in panic mode and can sleep at night despite the catastrophic risks some experts suggest the technology poses.

While expressing calm, the pope stated that concerns raised by AI specialists should be taken seriously and are not merely false information intended for financial gain. His remarks follow the release of his encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, which addresses the need for ethical guardrails in technology development.

The pope noted recent reports regarding the head of Nvidia claiming to have found ways to insert guardrails into AI. These comments follow earlier warnings from technology leaders, including Anthropic safety researcher Evan Hubinger, who suggested there is a greater than 10% chance of AI-powered human extinction within the next 10 years.

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