Critics of AI-generated art have gained a significant ally: Pope Leo XIV, the Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church. In a post on X on Friday morning, he articulated the spiritual distinction between human-generated art and that produced by machines, urging the preservation of human artistry against the rise of AI.
The Pope's Perspective
Pope Leo XIV stated,
“"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity."
