Just out in The Conversation, I explore how Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical could reshape the AI industry, akin to what his predecessor did in the Gilded Age: https://theconversation.com/pope-leo-xiv-compares-ai-to-the-industrial-revolution-as-new-alternatives-to-big-ai-firms-tak…
Who's Who of AI
Nathan Schneider
Teaching and writing media studies at CU Boulder. Helping to build a cooperative fediverse with Social.coop. Fan of democratic experiences and divine mysteries. Co-leading metagov.org, start.coop, wagingnonviolence.org.
What they're sharing
theconversation.com
nathanschneider.info
Articles & links
"Students can experience AI models as not just something someone else does for you but something that can happen in your own community": https://nathanschneider.info/2026/05/a-defunct-email-service-as-a-template-for-campus-ai/
Their own posts
Recent commentary
Okay, just drafted encyclical take #1: About how encyclicals can change industries, based on how the earlier Leo's Rerum Novarum helped establish labor rights and social democracy. Now this Leo is coming for AI, and he's not alone.