Pope to AI for Good Summit participants: AI requires ethical management
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Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin sent a message on behalf of Pope Leo XIV to the participants of the AI for Good Summit taking place in Geneva with the participation of UN agencies and under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Pontiff noted that the development of technology requires not only technical sophistication but also an ethical approach, reports the Vatican website.
AI is capable of modeling logic and choice, but it cannot replicate moral discernment or the ability to form genuine relationships, the message states. That is why human values remain key, including "the capacity to judge with a clear conscience, and growth in human responsibility", dialogue, fraternity, foresight, and responsibility.
According to the Pope, the era of rapid innovation prompts reflection on what it means to be human and the role of humanity in the world, with the question of responsibility concerning not only developers and administrators but all users.
"AI requires proper ethical management and regulatory frameworks centered on the human person, and which goes beyond the mere criteria of utility or efficiency," the Pope noted.
Leo XIV called for the pursuit of ethical clarity and the creation of a global AI governance system based on the common recognition of the inherent dignity and fundamental freedoms of humans. The message states that AI should foster “more human order of social relations” and “peaceful and just societies in the service of integral human development and the good of the human family”.
As reported, the Patriarch of Bulgaria stated that digital consciousness is delusion.
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