Humanity faces a choice between building a new Tower of Babel or creating a city where God and humanity dwell together. Artificial intelligence is framed as demanding disarmament and release from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination, exclusion, and death. The message warns against “Babel syndrome,” described as idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the claim that a single language, even digital, can translate the mystery of the person into data and performance. The emphasis on collective human work and the value of filmmaking supports a view that no one is self-sufficient and that technology should not replace human dignity.
"“Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together,” Papa Chi wrote. “Artificial Intelligence now demands to be disarmed, freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination, exclusion and death.”"
"“Babel syndrome,” or, “idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language - even a digital one - can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance.”"
"One of his first acts was to celebrate the humanity of filmmaking, including the grips and gaffers and even food runners in the “collective endeavor in which no one is self-sufficient.” Even his name is a clue; the last Pope Leo headed the Catholic church during the Industrial Revolution, and issued many a “capitalist fatcats slow your roll” encyclical himself."
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