Can a Machine Have a Soul? Inside Theology's AGI Reckoning (2026)
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`A pope has written an encyclical about it. A Hasidic court has fasted over it. And the CEOs building the technology can't agree on when — or whether — it arrives at all. On May 15, 2026, Pope Leo XIV published an encyclical about artificial intelligence — the first of his pontificate. Nine days earlier, a Hasidic beit din had already gone further, treating AI as spiritually hazardous enough to warrant an emergency fast day. Neither event made it into most tech coverage. Both are evidence of…
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- `A pope has written an encyclical about it.
- And the CEOs building the technology can't agree on when — or whether — it arrives at all.
- On May 15, 2026, Pope Leo XIV published an encyclical about artificial intelligence — the first of his pontificate.
- Nine days earlier, a Hasidic beit din had already gone further, treating AI as spiritually hazardous enough to warrant an emergency fast day.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that `A pope has written an encyclical about it.
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