Technology cannot replicate the uniquely human “spark” behind art, Leo XIV has said
Pope Leo XIV has called on artists to join forces to protect human creativity in the age of artificial intelligence.
Speaking to cultural figures at the Vatican on Friday, the pontiff said the Catholic Church hoped to renew its alliance with them to safeguard “what is human.”
“We live in the age of search engines that offer us thousands of instantaneous answers,” he said, contrasting them with art, which he described as a different kind of “search engine” that “does not proceed by indexing but by inquiry.”
The pontiff warned that one of the dangers facing modern culture was “homogenization,” arguing that art could provide a counterweight by challenging people rather than simply giving them what they expect.
”Your art … when it draws our gaze, when it compels us to pause before that which cannot be consumed, is a form of cultural and spiritual regeneration,” he said.
Turning directly to AI, the pope said it was becoming increasingly important to distinguish human art from machine-generated works.
“The Church needs you,” he said. “Algorithms lack the spark of the human, whereas authentic culture and art preserve this spark.”
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