Pope Francis this Tuesday stressed “the urgency to guide the design and use” of artificial intelligence (AI) so that it is “at the service of humanity,” in a message released by the Vatican on World Day of Peace.
“The significant advances made in AI are having an increasing impact on human activity, personal and social life, politics and the economy,” says the head of the Catholic Church, calling for “open dialogue on the significance of these new technologies, endowed with disruptive potential and ambivalent effects”.
The pope warns of “the need to be alert and act so that a logic of violence and discrimination is not introduced into the production and use of such devices, to the detriment of the most vulnerable and excluded: injustices and inequalities fuel conflict and antagonism “. .
In this regard, it underlines “the urgency to responsibly guide the design and use of artificial intelligence so that it serves humanity and the protection of the common home”, which “requires that ethical reflection be extended to education and law”.
“The protection of the dignity of the person and the care of a brotherhood truly open to the whole human family are essential conditions for technological development to contribute to the promotion of justice and peace in the world,” Francis concluded in the message. which is published by the Vatican.
Source: DN
