Pope Leo asks to put humans at the center of regulations on artificial intelligence (IA) (archives).
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Pope Léon requests governance ‘responsible for artificial intelligence (AI). Faced with the immense potential ‘but also to the challenges of this technology, he called on Thursday to put humans at the center of regulations.
In a message from the Secretary of State of the Vatican Piero Parolin on behalf of the Pope read within the framework of the summit for ‘the AI for the common good’ in Geneva, the sovereign pontiff notes the ‘considerable impact’ of digital changes. The effects are observed in education, employment, health or even military technologies, he added.
These advances ‘ask for responsibility and discernment’, insists the Pope. What guarantee that AI is used for the common good ‘of all and to promote dialogue.
The Pope warns of the consequences of algorithms that could decide for themselves. We must consider ‘the implications for human beings’, says Léon.
And to add that these values must be part of the homework and regulatory executives linked to new technologies. Despite the speed with which it works, AI cannot reply moral discernment or the ability to establish real relationships, ‘said the sovereign pontiff.
According to him, the responsibility for an adapted use of this ‘starts’ technology with those who make it, manage it and monitor it. But it is also linked to users, he also adds. The regulations’ must exceed ‘the questions of utility’ and ‘efficiency’, he says.
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