Pope's encyclical on AI implicitly challenges China's governance model (decode39.com)

• Encyclical warns against AI-driven surveillance and social control
• Implicitly criticizes China's AI governance and social credit system
• Rejects autonomous weapons, stresses human moral responsibility

"Pope Leo XIV's first social encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas' warns that AI could enable surveillance, social control, and automated warfare, criticizing both private tech monopolies and state-controlled AI systems. The document implicitly targets China's surveillance state and AI-driven social credit systems."