We understand from some (e.g. a communication discussed Gary Marcus a few hours ago) that the intention behind the chosen name "Leo" is to state a continuity with Leo XIII, seemingly as times are seen akin to those which solicited the open letter "Rerum novarum", "on the condition of the working classes ... to define the relative rights and mutual duties of the rich and of the poor, of capital and of labor ... [as] the spirit of revolutionary change [... has] made its influence felt in the... sphere of practical economics".<p>There seems to be an assumption that we are living times of critical technical change. Also see <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv-ai-challenge-humanity-b2748531.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-leo-xiv...</a><p>> <i>On Saturday Leo pointed out the similarity with AI, telling cardinals: “In our own day, the church offers everyone the treasury of its social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour”. [...] His greatest alarm was devoted to the use of AI in the armaments sector, which he said has seen remote weapons systems leading to a “distancing from the immense tragedy of war and a lessened perception of the devastation caused by those weapons systems and the burden of responsibility for their use”.</i>