The Babel Syndrome: Why the Pope Says AI Can Never Truly Think — and Why He Quoted Gandalf to Prove It
In Episode 2 of The Pope vs. The Algorithm, Pope Leo XIV names a disease inside the AI industry — the 'Babel Syndrome' — argues that no machine can ever truly think, and answers Silicon Valley with St. Augustine and a J.R.R. Tolkien quote buried in paragraph 213.
Nicholas West-
