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Pope Leo XIV wants AI to be regulated ethically-at a time when the US is preparing to prohibit any state regulations for a decade.
In the second annual conference of Rome on Artificial Intelligence, held on Friday, the Pope Leo XIV He talked about the current course of AI.
The event was attended by Vatican employees, US academics and executives from the main companies in the area of Artificial Intelligence, including the Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and goal.
According to, the new Pope appealed to a serious reflection on “the dimension inherently ethical AI, as well as its responsible governance. ”
Pope Leo recognized the “extraordinary potential”From IA, but said there was“worrying questions About its possible repercussions on the opening of humanity to truth and beauty, in our distinctive ability to understand and process reality. ”
Donald Trump’s administration is promoting legislation, incorporated in the already famous “Big and Beautiful Bill”That the Senate expects to approve before the summer recess, which would prohibit states from regulating the AI for a decade.
The measure has Opposition received both of Democrats and Republicans, including Trump’s fierce supporters as Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Even the Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodeiconsiders that the bill is “a too rude instrument.”
In an opinion article no, Amodei says he believes that “these systems can change the world, fundamentally, in two years; In 10 years, everything is possible. ”
“Without a clear federal response plana moratorium would give us the worst of both worlds- no capacity for states to act, and no policy national as a safeguard. ”
The Pope Lion considers that the AI benefits and risks should be evaluated using a “superior ethical criterion ”.
Artificial intelligence “challenges us all to reflect more deeply on the true nature and uniqueness of our shared human dignity,” says Leo XIV, who adds that “the access to data – widely as it may be – should not be confused with intelligence.”
The Vatican has monitored the development of AI since at least 2020, having issued a “APPEAL FOR THE ETHICS OF THE IA”In order to“ create a future in which digital innovation and technological progress give humanity their centrality. ”
In 2023, Pope Francis warned about a “technological dictatorship”Unless I was subject to a binding international treatyand was particularly concerned about its military use.
After being named Pope, Robert Prevost chose the name Pope Leo XIV – Choose that, although the former Cardinal of Chicago has not explained, it is seen in the church as a tribute to and its legacy in the struggle for social justice and support for the working class.
In May, in his first public speech after becoming Pope, Leo XIV stated that, due to the progress of artificial intelligence, society was facing a new industrial revolutionwith “new challenges for the defense of Human dignity, justice and work“.
