Pope Tackles AI in Encyclical Celebrating Humanity
The pontiff says AI must be restrained to protect human dignity, even as the Vatican bank expands investments in major tech companies.
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Pope tackles AI in encyclical celebrating humanity
What happenedPope Leo XIV on Monday released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas” (“Magnificent Humanity”), making a practical and moral case for “safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.” AI “needs to be disarmed” as “an instrument of domination, exclusion and death,” the pope told a packed hall at the Vatican. “It must be at the service of all, and of the common good.” Who said whatAddressed to “all people o…
A Franciscan monk, a festival with Karol G, and the Vatican’s investments: How the Pope came to say that ‘AI needs to be be disarmed’
Last year Time magazine included Pope Leo XIV among the 100 most important figures in the world in artificial intelligence (AI). It is no coincidence. Only eight days passed from his papal appointment to his first public remarks on the technology: “Truth is never separated from charity... Thus, truth does not distance us, but rather allows us to face with greater vigor the challenges of our time, such as migration, the ethical use of artificial …
A ghost travels the world: the ghost of Artificial Intelligence (IA). It will destroy jobs on an unknown scale. It will do the most lethal and efficient wars (remove many more enemies and faster). It can destroy the Earth. And it will place a generation of billionaires at the height of power without any kind of democratic control.
Pope Leo calls for robust AI regulation, priotizing humanity over profit
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war.
The Pope calls for the ethical use of artificial intelligence and the curbing of the power of tech companies. In his first encyclical, he also warns of rising geopolitical tensions and growing investments in weapons. The document outlines the vision of the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on what he sees as the most pressing issues of our time. The Pope considers it a dangerous development that a small group of individuals and companies has e…
Pope Leo XIV strongly denounces the "culture of power" that feeds the rapid rise of AI. In his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, the sovereign pontiff calls for a "disarmament" of this technology in order to prevent it from ruling humanity or normalizing the autonomous war. Apologizing for the Church's delay in condemning slavery, he also warns against new forms of digital exploitation. This major text exhorts world leaders and Silicon Valley ...
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