Recent investigations raise the intriguing possibility that parts of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, may have been crafted with the help of artificial intelligence. An analysis by Linch Zhang on the LessWrong forum utilized the AI detection tool Pangram, revealing that certain paragraphs appeared to be between 40% and 100% AI-generated.
This document exhibits writing characteristics typical of AI, including an increased frequency of specific phrases and words. Zhang noted that the term "genuinely" appears more frequently than in past encyclicals, hinting at AI's influence. Further textual analysis supports these findings, underscoring the evolving intersection of technology and religious discourse.