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AI’s Builders Are Both Arrogant and Afraid
Techies want AI so it can put humans in their place. They also want to build God. Pope Leo has a secret third option.
Leah Libresco Sargeant is the author, most recently, of The Dignity of Dependence (Notre Dame University Press, 2025). She runs the newsletter Other Feminisms, a Substack focused on advocating for women in a world that makes an idol of autonomy.
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