September 2026

Peter Thiel’s Catholic Case for AI Optimism
Thiel is one of those thinkers whom Catholics interested in AI should read even when they strongly disagree with him
 • Alejandro Bermudez
The Strange AI Summit That Couldn’t Agree on How to Save Humanity
Sometimes confusion itself tells us something important: AI is getting really scary and something needs to be done
 • Alejandro Bermudez
To Pause or Not to Pause: That’s the AI Question
The bizarre and unexpected debate over slowing frontier AI is no longer a fringe dispute—and Catholics should follow it closely
 • Alejandro Bermudez
On AI, We Need to Listen to the Catastrophic Predictions
Why Jacob Coxon’s warnings about “superintelligence” after leaving Anthropic are so consequential
 • Alejandro Bermudez
Why Curing Cancer Won’t Redeem AI
Ruxandra Teslo has written one of the most profoundly Catholic reflections on artificial intelligence I have encountered recently
 • Alejandro Bermudez

August 2026

AI Hasn't Taken the Jobs Yet. Let's Use the Time Well
Based on the latest job reports, Alex Tabarrok makes the case that AI and employment can find a smooth transition
 • Alejandro Bermudez
A Jesuit Responds to the Catholic Anti-AI Movement
The founder of the Magis Center, Fr. Robert Spitzer, in his soft-spoken style, makes a strong case: AI is not intrinsically evil
 • Alejandro Bermudez
The Search for Realistic AI Ethics
Anyone seriously interested in the ethical development of artificial intelligence should be following economist Tyler Cowen
 • Alejandro Bermudez
A Catholic Anti-AI Manifesto
There is no actual document titled A Catholic Anti-AI Manifesto. Not yet, at least. But if it comes, it will fail
 • Alejandro Bermudez
AI? Universities “Would Prefer Not To”
Hollis Robbins @anecdotal has written a provocative critique of higher education’s response to artificial intelligence
 • Alejandro Bermudez
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