Tag: epistemology

Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas opens not with artificial intelligence, but with an argument for why the Catholic Church has the right to speak on it. Before engaging Rome's analysis of AI, Christians must examine the epistemological and ecclesiological framework the encyclical builds — and ask whether it can bear the weight placed upon it.

A growing number of users are treating large language models like digital divination tools—constraining outputs to yes/no answers and interpreting the results as revelation. Part one examines the phenomenon and why magicians have always been the first to call out the trick.