Pope Leo's first encyclical critiques the tech industry's technological messianism, challenging AI leaders who frame the pursuit of artificial general intelligence as a religious endeavor to build a god. Prompting widespread debate, the ensuing discussion argues that despite the immense capabilities of modern language models, they are fundamentally just next-token predictors lacking true consciousness, subjective experience, or independent reasoning. Ultimately, critics maintain that AI will never achieve genuine aliveness or human-like understanding, serving as a highly powerful tool rather than a standalone superintelligence.