In recent months, I have found myself listening to lectures on artificial intelligence and quantum computing with a mixture of fascination and bewilderment.

There were moments when I understood perhaps half of what was being said. More than once, I felt less like a rabbi and more like someone who had accidentally wandered into a graduate seminar in theoretical physics. And yet, despite my limited technical understanding, I increasingly came away with the conviction that the most important questions raised by these technologies are not technical at all. They are spiritual!

Recently, Pope Leo XIV entered the growing conversation surrounding artificial intelligence, warning that technological advancement detached from moral responsibility could threaten human dignity. His comments received considerable attention, particularly among Catholics. What struck me, however, was not simply what the Pope said. It was how familiar the concern felt.

Because long before there were computers, algorithms, or quantum chips, our tradition wrestled with a remarkably........

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