Pope Leo XIV says tech companies developing artificial intelligence should abide by an “ethical criterion” that respects human dignity.
AI must take “into account the well-being of the human person not only materially, but also intellectually and spiritually,” the pope said in a message sent Friday to a gathering on AI attended by Vatican officials and Silicon Valley executives.
“No generation has ever had such quick access to the amount of information now available through AI,” he said. But “access to data — however extensive — must not be confused with intelligence.”
He also expressed concern about AI’s impact on children’s “intellectual and neurological development,” writing that “society’s well-being depends upon their being given the ability to develop their God-given gifts and capabilities.”
I mean religious leaders and religious people in general will be one of the biggest skeptics of new tech so this is not necessarily surprising, but yeah still agree with pope here just don’t think it’s surprising that he is against it
Eh, I think that can go either way. Their level of skepticism seems to depend on their congregation, and more specifically, the culture that has taken off within their congregation. The religious people around me are Mormon, Evangelical, and Catholic. Anecdotally, the Mormons and Evangelicals are pretty pro-AI, with the most religious ones also being the most hyped about it. Every Catholic I know is indifferent to AI. The same was true for cryptocurrency a few years ago.