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#Just War

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ai/2026-07-13
Disarm the MachineFILE 00118K

Disarm the Machine

Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas declares the centuries-old doctrine of just war 'outdated,' and ties the declaration directly to autonomous weapons systems. He then coins a phrase for what should replace it: disarming AI. Not rejecting technology. Freeing it from the logic of armed competition that has already captured the labs, the budgets, and the language.

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