Quoting Corey Quinn
Simon Willison · Simon Willison · 2026-05-26
Simon Willison quotes Corey Quinn's sardonic reaction to Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah's apparent influence on a papal document called Magnifica Humanitas, which Quinn calls the greatest act of vendor lobbying in history.
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Topics: anthropicai-ethicsvendor-lobbyingreligion-and-ai
Claims
- Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah influenced a papal document titled Magnifica Humanitas.
- The document frames specific AI technical limitations in spiritual or religious terms.
- Corey Quinn characterizes this religious endorsement as an unprecedented act of vendor lobbying.
Key quotes
I cannot believe I'm saying this, but getting the literal Pope to canonize your product's specific technical limitations as a spiritual treatise is the single greatest act of vendor lobbying I have ever seen.