Vatican: Pope warns against potential dangers of artificial intelligence
Pope warns against potential dangers of artificial intelligence
The pope “recalls the need to be vigilant. Work so that a logic of violence and discroes not take root in the production and use of such devices.”
Pope Francis on Tuesday called for a global reflection on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). Noting, the new technology’s “disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects.”
He said, in the past, he does not know how to use a computer, issued the warning in a message for the next World Day of Peace of the Catholic Church, falling on New Year’s Day.
The Vatican released the message well in advance, as it is customary.
The pope “recalls the need to be vigilant and to work so that a logic of violence and discrimination does not take root in the production and use of such devices, at the expense of the most fragile and excluded,” it reads.
“The urgent need to orient the concept and use of artificial intelligence in a responsible way, so that it may be at the service of humanity and the protection of our common home, requires that ethical reflection be extended to the sphere of education and law,” it adds.
Back in 2015, Francis acknowledged being “a disaster” with technology, but he has also called the internet, social networks and text messages “a gift of God”, provided that they are used wisely.
In 2020, the Vatican joined forces with tech giants Microsoft and IBM to promote the ethical development of AI and call for regulation of intrusive technologies such as facial recognition.
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