Beyond Magnifica Humanitas

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A critique of the Pope's text on AI and human dignity argues that AI ethics requires a pluralistic framework incorporating diverse moral traditions such as Islamic justice, Buddhist compassion, and Ubuntu, rather than relying solely on human dignity.

I wrote a short critique of *Magnifica Humanitas*, the Pope’s recent text on AI and human dignity. My main argument: the document is valuable because it resists reducing human beings to data, efficiency, and prediction. But AI is a global technology, so AI ethics cannot rely on only one moral or theological tradition. I argue that we need a broader philosophy of coexistence. One that brings Catholic dignity into dialogue with Islamic justice, Buddhist compassion, Hindu dharma, Ubuntu, Indigenous ecological wisdom, and secular human rights. Curious what this community thinks: is “human-centered AI” enough, or do we need a more pluralistic framework? Article on medium: [https://medium.com/@murat-durmus/beyond-magnifica-humanitas-why-ai-ethics-needs-coexistence-not-just-human-dignity-d0e315dd3018](https://medium.com/@murat-durmus/beyond-magnifica-humanitas-why-ai-ethics-needs-coexistence-not-just-human-dignity-d0e315dd3018)
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