The Vatican’s Man Inside Anthropic

Pope Leo’s AI encyclical reportedly drew input from Anthropic researcher Chris Olah, highlighting a rare exchange between the Vatican and a top AI lab.

Catholic leaders and ethicists are debating Claude’s behavior rules, AI autonomy, and the moral limits of treating machine intelligence like human intelligence.

Olah describes models as mysterious creations shaped by human language, while the pope rejects equating AI with human personhood or dignity.

The episode shows how questions about AI ethics are moving from tech circles into mainstream religious and moral debate.