Pope Leo Warns of A.I. Risks in His First Papal Encyclical ⁠74%

By Axel Boada⁠0%

5/25/2026, 8:13:04 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Pessimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 72.7% saturation with 133 hits. Analysis detected 853 faulty-reasoning hits from 183 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 66% and a BS Rank of ⁠74% (5,757 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 73.70% of the article peer group.

Pope Leo XIV presented his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” in which he outlined his desire to protect human dignity and agency in an age when technology threatens to replace people in many professional and social roles. 
“Artificial intelligence now demands to be disarmed, freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of of domination, exclusion and death. 
Like nuclear energy, it must be at the service of all, and of the common good. 
Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility. 
Let’s not fear artificial intelligence, but constantly keep the question of the human in play. 
We cannot be careless with our most powerful technical instruments.” 
“I am grateful to His Holiness and to the church for taking up this work of discernment. 
We need moral voices that the incentives cannot bend. 
Today is just the beginning — the start of a long collaboration between those of us who are building this and those who can see what we, from the inside, cannot.” 
“Amen. 
Thank you very much.” 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 23.0%Axel Boada: 3.2%The New York Times: 1.7%Confirmation Bias23.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.1%Availability Heuristic0.0%This article: 8.7%Axel Boada: 1.2%The New York Times: 0.6%Representativeness Heuristic8.7%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 1.8%The New York Times: 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 48.6%Axel Boada: 17.2%The New York Times: 5.8%Framing Effect48.6%This article: 17.5%Axel Boada: 2.5%The New York Times: 0.6%Loss Aversion17.5%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.4%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 25.1%Axel Boada: 8.3%The New York Times: 2.7%Optimism Bias25.1%This article: 36.6%Axel Boada: 9.6%The New York Times: 3.5%Pessimism Bias36.6%This article: 48.1%Axel Boada: 13.7%The New York Times: 9.4%Negativity Bias48.1%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 19.8%The New York Times: 1.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 2.0%The New York Times: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.6%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 9.3%Axel Boada: 7.1%The New York Times: 0.9%Halo Effect9.3%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 2.4%The New York Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.1%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 7.7%Axel Boada: 3.9%The New York Times: 4.0%Appeal to Authority7.7%This article: 6.0%Axel Boada: 3.6%The New York Times: 1.2%False Dilemma6.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 3.4%The New York Times: 0.8%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 4.2%The New York Times: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 19.7%Axel Boada: 8.2%The New York Times: 2.7%Hasty Generalization19.7%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.2%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 17.5%Axel Boada: 27.1%The New York Times: 3.4%Appeal to Emotion17.5%This article: 12.0%Axel Boada: 3.5%The New York Times: 0.4%Begging the Question12.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 2.4%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 8.7%Axel Boada: 1.2%The New York Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature8.7%This article: 8.7%Axel Boada: 1.2%The New York Times: 0.2%Composition/Division8.7%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 29.0%Axel Boada: 8.8%The New York Times: 1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)29.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 8.2%Axel Boada: 1.2%The New York Times: 0.1%Middle Ground8.2%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.0%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 19.7%Axel Boada: 4.3%The New York Times: 2.1%Unattributed Quote19.7%This article: 2.7%Axel Boada: 2.1%The New York Times: 1.0%Quote-first Misdirection2.7%This article: 72.7%Axel Boada: 18.5%The New York Times: 3.8%Biased Writer Voice72.7%This article: 36.6%Axel Boada: 9.5%The New York Times: 0.5%Indoctrination36.6%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 0.0%The New York Times: 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Axel Boada: 4.8%The New York Times: 0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

183 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker40%attributed speech109writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 36 words • 100.0% coveragePope Leo XIV • 22 words • 100.0% coveragePope Leo XIV • 16 words • 100.0% coveragePope Leo XIV • 11 words • 100.0% coveragePope Leo XIV • 15 words • 100.0% coveragePope Leo XIV • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 31 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Pope Leo XIV

100%flagged-word coverage
74 attributed words100% of attributed speech95% writer coverage
0%45.0%90.0%Biased Writer Voice-35.8 ptsWriter: 87.2%Pope Leo XIV: 51.4%51.4%Indoctrination+70.1 ptsWriter: 8.3%Pope Leo XIV: 78.4%78.4%Unattributed Quote-33.0 ptsWriter: 33.0%Pope Leo XIV: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-4.6 ptsWriter: 4.6%Pope Leo XIV: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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