Post by Zlatko Skrbis

Keeping faith with the truth: Why AI won’t make universities obsolete My latest piece for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Religion & Ethics explores Pope Leo’s long-awaited encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of AI. In the weeks since the encyclical was released, it has generated an extraordinary amount of commentary worldwide – arguably the first papal letter to 'go viral’. I've been astounded by the response among the broader public as well as those in my sector. In my article, I take up the challenge Pope Leo poses to universities. The question he puts to us is about more than how we teach or which courses or parts of the curriculum we protect. It is whether the university still knows what it is for. I’d be delighted if you took the time to read it: https://lnkd.in/gMjiChP6 This piece grows out of work ACU has been doing with the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education on Maps of Hope, a collection of Pope Leo’s early reflections on education and AI, which we were privileged to launch in Rome on the same week that the encyclical was released. You can download a free digital version of the book here: https://lnkd.in/gRjt8QRJ