Pope Declares Holy War on AI in First Encyclical
"Pope Leo XIV called for the disarming of artificial intelligence. He likened it lightly to nuclear weapons."
About this episode
In this episode of the Tom Bilyeu Show Live, host Tom Bilyeu is joined by his wife Lisa after Drew's absence, delivering a blistering critique of Trump's Iran negotiations, Pope Leo XIV's anti-AI encyclical, and socialist property seizures in New York City. Bilyeu opens by declaring the Iran deal a catastrophic fumble, comparing the US inability to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to Britain's Suez Crisis, arguing Trump has moved backward by abandoning nuclear disarmament goals for a mere ceasefire framework. He accuses the administration of looking weak and dumb on the world stage, with Iran successfully stalling until midterms while Trump faces mounting economic pressure from oil prices and allies. The conversation shifts to Pope Leo XIV's 82-page Magnificat Humanitas encyclical calling for AI disarmament, which Bilyeu sees as mobilizing 1.4 billion Catholics against technology that threatens human dignity. While critical of organized religion, Bilyeu acknowledges the Pope raises valid concerns about AI replacing meaning and purpose with efficiency worship, though he predicts this will lead to violent anti-AI movements. The episode's most heated segment targets NYC assemblyman Zoran Mamdani's plan to seize neglected private buildings and redistribute them to nonprofits and tenants, which Bilyeu calls textbook communism that historically killed over 200 million people. He contrasts Trump's kleptocratic capitalism with Mamdani's ideology, arguing the former is a slow-motion train wreck people can navigate while the latter leads to industrial-scale government murder and people eating their children. The show closes with warnings about Western nations criminalizing truthful speech, citing a Belgian conviction for stating accurate migrant crime statistics and a Canadian journalist detained in a mental hospital after criticizing Chinese influence.
Key takeaways
- Bilyeu compared the stalled Iran deal to Britain's Suez Crisis, calling it America's visible decline as a global power unable to keep international waterways open.
- Trump abandoned the original Iran nuclear disarmament goal for a two-phase deal focused on reopening the Strait, achieving less than the pre-conflict status quo.
- Pope Leo XIV issued an 82-page encyclical calling for AI disarmament, mobilizing 1.4 billion Catholics against technology he says replaces human dignity with efficiency.
- NYC assemblyman Zoran Mamdani announced plans to seize neglected private buildings and transfer ownership to government-chosen nonprofits and tenants.
- Bilyeu warned Mamdani's property seizure plan follows the Marxist playbook that led to over 200 million deaths under 20th-century socialism and communism.
- A Belgian court convicted a man for stating true migrant crime statistics, with the judge declaring accuracy irrelevant if statements are deemed hurtful.
- Bilyeu predicted AI will eventually create indistinguishable romantic partners fine-tuned to individual preferences, leading to violent resistance from religious and social movements.