Benanti Dismantles Peter Thiel
Friar addresses Peter Thiel's societal vision
Jul 2, 2026 · 52 min · 18 segments
Kara talks to Father Paolo Benanti, a Franciscan friar, theologian and AI ethics adviser to the Vatican, about why AI has become a central concern for the Catholic Church. They discuss…
Paolo BenantiGuest
Kara SwisherHost
One could be a pyramids with a big boss on the top, and he say something, and everything happen.

That's not the church that I know, especially because I belong to Franciscan, and we are used to say as a joke, "We more than an order, we are a disorder."

One could be a pyramids with a big boss on the top, and he say something, and everything happen.

That's not the church that I know, especially because I belong to Franciscan, and we are used to say as a joke, "We more than an order, we are a disorder."
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Benanti Dismantles Peter Thiel
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