The new pope has strong opinions about AI. Good.

Frida Ghitis : The new pope has strong opinions about artificial intelligence.

She says the Catholic Church should engage with tech if it wants to stay relevant.

The church's past suggests that technology is something for it to actively engage with, Ghitis says.

The Catholic Church was the Silicon Valley of the Middle Ages , she says.

Pope Francis : We shouldn't look to AI as if to a perfect, God-like decision-maker.

Francis called on followers to assert their agency and decision-making abilities while still drawing on religious sources for pointers in the search for meaning.

The church, which valorizes divine revelation, hasn't always embraced humanism, the view that humans have the agency to figure out the truth.