Pope Francis applauded Europe’s efforts to create a system to control the harmful effects of artificial intelligence (AI) for humanity.
“I am pleased with the efforts made, with courage and determination, to initiate a political path in the sense of protecting humanity against a use of artificial intelligence that limits world vision to expressable realities in figures and locked in preconceived categories, eliminating The contribution of other forms of truth and imposing uniform anthropological, socioeconomic and cultural models, ”said the Holy Father.
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In a message addressed to the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, on the occasion of the “Summit for Action on Artificial Intelligence” the Pontiff praised the “healthy policy” that wants to register the technological novelties in a “project oriented to the common good.”
Thus, he wished that the Paris Summit concludes today Tuesday, February 11 “progress to believe a platform of public interest on artificial intelligence.”
In the conclusive works of the appointment, this Tuesday, February 11,, among other actors, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
The European leader launched an investment plan of 200,000 million euros by the European Union (EU) as part of the strategy to boost technological development in the continent.
In the letter, Pope Francis also requested that each nation “can find in artificial intelligence an instrument, on the one hand, of development and fight against poverty, and on the other, of protection of local cultures and languages.”
“Only in this way can all the peoples of the Earth contribute to the creation of data, which will be used by artificial intelligence, representing the true diversity and wealth that characterizes all humanity,” said the Holy Father.
In this sense, he asked that in the future “the social effects of artificial intelligence in human relations, information and education” be examined more detail.
In any case, Pope Francis warned that the “fundamental issue” is anthropological.
That is, if man, “as a man in the context of technological progress, becomes really better, that is, more spiritually mature, more aware of the dignity of his humanity,” he said when he cite the encyclical redemptor hominis of San Juan Pablo II published in 1979.
In the letter also recalled in the letter his participation In the G7 organized in the Italian region of Apulia in which he stressed the urgency of “guaranteeing and protecting a significant control space of the human being on the process of choice of artificial intelligence programs.”
However, Pope Francis was “convinced” that artificial intelligence can become a powerful tool for scientists and experts who seek together innovative and creative solutions in favor of the ecological sustainability of our planet.
However, he warned that the energy consumption associated with the functioning of artificial intelligence infrastructures “is highly consumer of energy.”
Pope Francis also referred to his fourth encyclical Loves us in which it distinguishes the category of the algorithms of the heart. In this perspective, he also cites the text entitled “Artificial Intelligence and Human Intelligence”published jointly on January 28 by the Dicasterio for the Doctrine of Faith and the Dicasterio for Culture and Education.
That is why he asked the participants of the Paris event that “do not forget that the meaning of the existence of man only comes from his heart.”
Victoria Cardiel
Victoria Cardiel is a journalist specialized in social and religious information issues. Since 2013, he has covered all the news of the Vatican for various media, such as the Spanish news agency Europa Press, or the weekly of the Archdiocese of Madrid, Alfa and Omega.