Pope Leo denounces ‘culture of power’ driving rise of AI
Pope Leo calls for 'disarming' artificial intelligence and apologizes for the church's delay in condemning slavery, warning of ethical constraints as AI permeates work and war.
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- Pope Leo denounces the 'culture of power' behind AI's rapid rise
- Calls for 'disarming' AI and applying the most rigorous ethical constraints
- Apologizes for Catholic church's long delay in condemning slavery
- Warns of 'new forms of slavery' from the digital economy
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This matters because pope Leo denounces the 'culture of power' behind AI's rapid rise.
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Pontiff calls for ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence and apologises for church’s delay in condemning slavery
Pope Leo has denounced the “culture of power” driving the rapid rise of artificial intelligence while warning that the technology must be subject to the “most rigorous” ethical constraints as it infiltrates everything from work to war.
In his encyclical – the first major text on safeguarding humankind of his papacy – he also apologised for the Catholic church’s long delay in condemning slavery, describing it as “a wound in Christian memory”, and spoke of the “new forms of slavery” due to the digital economy.
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