As a counterbalance to the deus ex machina tendency, who worship the false god ELISA:

Thou shalt not let AI run amok: Vatican wants global rules

'AI is a tool', Pope tells attendees

Recently, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff warned investors to avoid the "false prophets" of AI. Now, the Pope has brought real theological weight to the bot debate, hosting a Vatican seminar that called for global AI regulation and fair distribution of the technology's benefits. [...]

There was just one Cardinal and a smattering of Monsignors on the speaker list, which included academics from the likes of Harvard, Notre Dame, Princeton, and MIT in the US, as well as European and Latin American institutions, assorted NGOs, think tanks, and political types.

As for vendors, Microsoft's Jaron Lanier spoke in a session on The Future of AI Technologies, as did Heather Domin from HCL Tech. However senior people from Google, Meta, and Apple et al were nowhere to seen.

We’re sure their absence has nothing to do with the fact that the Vatican hosted the 15th International Gathering of the International Association of Exorcists just a few weeks ago.

Badum Tish.