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Terrifying AI

The Pope fights back.

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Laura Perrins
Jun 05, 2026
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There were three pieces on AI that caught my eye over the weekend. One was in the Sunday Times on how a well-qualified graduate had a job offer withdrawn from him at the last minute. The second was by former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and what changes should be made to the tax system in the face of AI and the third was in Slate and it’s take on the Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas (Magnificent Humanity) on AI.

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