Corey Quinn: Pope's AI Encyclical Is 'Greatest Act of Vendor Lobbying'
Corey Quinn comments on Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, which was influenced by Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah. Quinn calls it the single greatest act of vendor lobbying.
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26th May 2026
I cannot believe I'm saying this, but getting the literal Pope to canonize your product's specific technical limitations as a spiritual treatise is the single greatest act of vendor lobbying I have ever seen.
— Corey Quinn, on Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah's influence on Magnifica Humanitas
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