Catholic Church Calls for a Global AI Regulatory Framework

Well, they could lose control if people suddenly could speak directly with Jesus (via LLMs); see e.g. https://www.vice.com/en/article/ai-jesus-is-now-taking-confe...

Ugh... what the heck does this AI discussion have to do with Catholicism? Most people -- and I would put Leo 14th in this group -- don't even know what is in Rerum Novarum, much less the circumstances that led to its publication or how it was intended to be applied. The whole thing could be summed up as "don't cheat, abuse, or take advantage of your employee and laborers" (though the poetry and precision of the original Latin is magnificent in its own right.