Acton Institute Powerblog Archives

Post Tagged 'AI'

May 13, 2026

The Technocratic State and the Last Frontier of Freedom

The global discussion on artificial intelligence has ceased to be a technical debate and has become a first-rate political conflict. In 2024, the European Union enforced the EU AI Act, the world’s most comprehensive AI regulatory framework, placing strict compliance requirements on developers and companies before their products reach the market. Continue Reading...
April 07, 2026

What Christians Get Wrong About AI

We have a saying in my field: Don’t take business advice from people who think the business shouldn’t exist. Obvious? Tautological, even? Don’t be so sure. As someone in the world of corporate engagement, talking to the world’s largest companies on behalf of investors, you wouldn’t believe how often I find myself confronting corporate policies that were made to placate activists who really don’t want the company to exist. Continue Reading...
January 15, 2026

AI and the Return of Architectonic Labor

The free enterprise system’s greatest prophets saw the trade-off from the beginning. The division of labor generates unprecedented wealth while subjecting workers to menial labor that diminishes our personal and political capacities. Continue Reading...
October 30, 2025

From Her to Here: Can Tech Cure Loneliness?

Recently, Sam Altman announced that OpenAI is considering allowing more personal—and even erotic—content for adult users, which reignited a broader conversation about the future of artificial intelligence. This might remind you of Her, the 2013 film in which a lonely man falls in love with his operating system. Continue Reading...
July 09, 2025

Pope Leo’s Crusade Against AI

For an organisation that is so often accused of being behind the times, the Catholic Church is proving itself to be remarkably relevant. Pope Leo XIV—the first American to ever sit on the Throne of St. Continue Reading...