AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva (ANSA)
Pope: AI development must build bridges of dialogue and
promote fraternity
In a message signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State
Pietro Parolin, to the United Nations’ AI for Good Summit happening in Geneva,
Pope Leo XIV encourages nations to create frameworks and regulations to work
for the common good.
By Isabella H. de Carvalho
Pope Leo XIV encouraged nations to establish frameworks and
regulations on AI so that it can be developed and used according to the common
good, in a message sent on July 10 to the participants of the AI for Good
Summit, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from July 8 to 11.
“I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to
seek ethical clarity and to establish a coordinated local and
global governance of AI, based on the shared recognition of the inherent
dignity and fundamental freedoms of the human person”, the message, signed by
the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said.
The summit is organized by the United Nations’ International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and is co-hosted by the Swiss government. The
event sees the participation of governments, tech leaders, academics and others
who are interested and work with AI.
In this “era of profound innovation” where many are
reflecting on “what it means to be human”, the world “is at crossroads, facing
the immense potential generated by the digital revolution driven by Artificial
Intelligence”, the Pope highlighted in his message.
AI requires ethical management and regulatory
frameworks
“As AI becomes capable of adapting autonomously to many
situations by making purely technical algorithmic choices, it is crucial to
consider its anthropological and ethical implications, the values at stake and
the duties and regulatory frameworks required to uphold those values”, the Pope
underlined in his message.
He emphasized that the “responsibility for the ethical use
of AI systems begins with those who develop, manage and oversee them” but users
also need to share this mission. AI “requires proper ethical management and
regulatory frameworks centered on the human person, and which goes beyond the
mere criteria of utility or efficiency,” the Pope insisted.
Building peaceful societies
Citing St. Augustine’s concept of the “tranquility of
order”, Pope Leo highlighted that this should be the common goal and thus AI
should foster “more human order of social relations” and “peaceful and just
societies in the service of integral human development and the good of the
human family”.
While AI can simulate human reasoning and perform tasks
quickly and efficiently or transform areas such as “education, work, art,
healthcare, governance, the military, and communication”, “it cannot replicate
moral discernment or the ability to form genuine relationships”, Pope Leo
warned.
For him the development of this technology “must go hand in
hand with respect for human and social values, the capacity to judge with a
clear conscience, and growth in human responsibility”. It requires “discernment
to ensure that AI is developed and utilized for the common good, building
bridges of dialogue and fostering fraternity”, the Pope urged. AI needs to
serve “the interests of humanity as a whole”.
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