Seth C. Oranburg is an Ordinary Professor at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, where he is also a Director of the Law and Entrepreneurship Program.
The Talmudic and rabbinic tradition diverges from the latest encyclical, and the divergence highlights a paradox in the papal logic. Leo XIV's strongest move, his categorical prohibition against the use of AI to make "lethal or otherwise irreversible decisions," demands a more principled distinction between the Switchblade and the CyberKnife.
Date posted: 2026-07-02