In his speech, Pope Francis also addressed technological advancement and cited Your message for World Communications Day 2024, in which it expresses the need to act preventively and propose “ethical regulation models to stop the harmful and discriminatory, socially unjust implications of artificial intelligence systems and counteract their use in reducing of pluralism, the polarization of public opinion or the construction of a single thought.”
The Holy Father then explained that the word “public” is a reminder that the work of communicators “is related to the common good of all and not just of some,” which implies “the commitment to consider and give voice especially to the last, to the poorest, to those who have no voice, to those who are discarded.
“It also implies the vocation to be an instrument for the growth of knowledge, to make people reflect and not alienate, to open new perspectives on reality and not to feed bubbles of self-sufficient indifference, to educate young people to dream big, with the mind and eyes open. This word can scare us: dream. Never lose the ability to dream, but dream big! ”He stated.