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• @charlesd353 Charles on x

  If you said in 2019 that in 2026 Chris Olah will be speaking publicly at the Vatican alongside two Cardinals and the Pope you'd assume we were well into the singularity at this point

• @afinetheorem Kevin A. Bryan on x

  The fact that Leo has this as first encyclical (a huge deal if you know Catholicism), focused on ethics & human role, taking for granted that AI capabilities will massively improve, puts him in top 1% of global leaders who get it. Will be obvious to everyone in five years...

• @ch402 Chris Olah on x

  The questions posed by AI are bigger than the AI community. We urgently need the world - religions, civil society, academics, governments - to participate in creating a positive outcome. I'm glad the Catholic Church is engaging, and honored to speak at the presentation.

• @emostaque Emad on x

  Amo Dei

• @miles_brundage Miles Brundage on x

  What did you think the Mandate of Heaven meant, essays? Vibes?

• @dstrachman Danielle Strachman on x

  2012 Thiel Fellow, Chris Olah, visiting with the Pope!

• @dianemontagna Diane Montagna on x

  JUST IN: Vatican announces that Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical — titled Magnifica Humanitas, on the safeguarding of the human person in the age of AI — will be presented at 11:30am on Monday, May 25, in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, in the presence of the Holy Father. Speakers at [i…