Pope Leo's Encyclical: AI and the Human Good
Last month, Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (“Magnificent Humanity”) on safeguarding the human person in the age of AI. It argues that technologists face a pivotal choice: to build technologies that exploit the vulnerable, concentrate power, and flatten our humanity; or to serve individual dignity and the common good.
What happens when a powerful religious institution speaks on one of the most consequential technologies in history? What does it see that Silicon Valley overlooks? And what does it mean, practically, to build with shared moral responsibility to the human good?
Join Kanjun Qiu, Matt Boulos, and Ashley Zhang for a fireside chat, small group discussion, and an evening of spirited exchange. Doors will be open from 5:30pm-6:15pm; the talk will begin at 6:15pm. There will be light bites and libations.
This is the 6th event in The Art of Being Human, a series by Imbue for the shared exploration of human questions in our technological age.
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Kanjun Qiu is the CEO and Co-Founder of Imbue. She thinks deeply about the distribution of power in an AI age — and about the difference between AI that creates dependency and AI that amplifies what is already inside us.
Matt Boulos is General Counsel and Head of Policy & Safety at Imbue. He brings a legal and governance lens to questions of technological power — including what it means when powerful systems operate in "lawless spaces" beyond democratic accountability.
Ashley Zhang is the Storyteller at Imbue, where she works on articulating a humanistic vision for our technological future. She hosts the Art of Being Human event series and writes the blog Soft Power, exploring what it means to live a flourishing human life in the age of AI.
Imbue is an AI company building tools to empower humans in the AI age. We're building toward an open agent ecosystem where you can understand, modify, and verify agents — so they only work in your interest. Learn about our work and what we stand for: www.imbue.com