Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Connor O’Leary discuss Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical about AI.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [3:29] Valid questions, backwards approach
• [14:25] Concerning near-universal acclaim
• [23:52] Dependence on religious morality
• [30:16] Faith-based moral concepts
• [39:52] Appealing to fear and resentment
• [49:13] Hostility to human intelligence
• [58:29] We need a rational morality
Resources:
Ayn Rand, “Requiem for Man,” Capitalism the Unknown Ideal [amazon.com/Capitalism-Ideal-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451147952]
Anthropic vs. Trump: The Moral Responsibility of Tech Companies, Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, March 12, 2026 [youtube.com/watch?v=Vh7hO-q_gb4]
Marketing AI Without Empowering Resentment, Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, April 23, 2026 [youtube.com/watch?v=aRML1GMxiUg&t=462s]
Ben Bayer, How to Build a Secular Morality, New Ideal, June 10, 2026 (just came out yesterday) [new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/c34d7d7e-9bd2-4ac6-830e-ad981c5f1929]
This episode was recorded on June 5, 2026.
Image Credits: Pope: Carlos Alvarez / Contributor / via Getty Images; Circuit: haydenbird / E+ / via Getty Images
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Ben Bayer and Connor O’Leary discuss Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical about AI.
• [0:00] Introduction
• [3:29] Valid questions, backwards approach
• [14:25] Concerning near-universal acclaim
• [23:52] Dependence on religious morality
• [30:16] Faith-based moral concepts
• [39:52] Appealing to fear and resentment
• [49:13] Hostility to human intelligence
• [58:29] We need a rational morality
Resources:
Ayn Rand, “Requiem for Man,” Capitalism the Unknown Ideal [amazon.com/Capitalism-Ideal-Ayn-Rand/dp/0451147952]
Anthropic vs. Trump: The Moral Responsibility of Tech Companies, Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, March 12, 2026 [youtube.com/watch?v=Vh7hO-q_gb4]
Marketing AI Without Empowering Resentment, Ayn Rand Institute Podcast, April 23, 2026 [youtube.com/watch?v=aRML1GMxiUg&t=462s]
Ben Bayer, How to Build a Secular Morality, New Ideal, June 10, 2026 (just came out yesterday) [new-ideal.aynrand.org/p/c34d7d7e-9bd2-4ac6-830e-ad981c5f1929]
This episode was recorded on June 5, 2026.
Image Credits: Pope: Carlos Alvarez / Contributor / via Getty Images; Circuit: haydenbird / E+ / via Getty Images
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