Did the Pope use AI to write about the dangers of AI?
Quick take
Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, which addresses the risks and impact of AI on humanity, appears to include text partly generated by artificial intelligence. Analysis by Linch Zhang on the LessWrong forum used the AI detector Pangram and found that some paragraphs have a 40 to 100 percent probability of being AI-written. One identifiable trait is repeated use of the word “genuinely,” a signature style component linked to Anthropic’s Claude model.
Why it matters
This raises practical questions about how AI is shaping even high-profile, authoritative moral and philosophical communications. If the Pope’s office is employing AI tools to draft or assist in messaging about AI risks, it means AI adoption is starting to permeate areas previously thought untouchable by automation. For operators, founders, and regulators, it signals that AI content generation will accelerate across fields, including those that evaluate AI’s ethical and societal challenges.
The reliance on AI in such sensitive contexts also pressures the way trust and authenticity are established for influential documents. Readers and institutions may now need to consider AI involvement when assessing the weight and origin of official positions on technology governance.
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