The Pope warns of the risks of AI and appeals that ``the logic of violence and discrimination'' should not take root


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In recent years, AI technology that generates highly accurate text, programming code, images, etc. has been developed, and many experts and researchers are thinking about the risks that exist in AI. Meanwhile, Pope Francis , the 266th Pope of Rome, announced that the theme for 2024 of the 'World Peace Day (January 1)' enacted by the Catholic Church was 'Artificial Intelligence and Peace.' , warned about the risks of AI.

Communiqué of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development: Theme of the Message for World Peace Day 2024
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastanpa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2023/08/08/230808c.html



World Peace Day 2024 Theme Announced: Artificial Intelligence and Peace - Vatican News
https://www.vaticannews.va/ja/pope/news/2023-08/tema-messaggio-giornata-mondiale-pace-2024.html

Pope warns of AI risks so “violence and discrimination does not take root” | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/even-the-pope-is-worried-about-ai-and-its-disruptive-possibilities/

The Catholic Church has established January 1st as 'World Peace Day' every year, and the Pope announces the theme and message to be prayed for on this day every year. On August 8, 2023, Pope Francis announced in a communiqué (joint statement) with the Pontifical Ministry for General Human Development that the theme of the World Day of Peace to be held in 2024 was 'Artificial Intelligence and Peace'. bottom.

“Remarkable advances in the field of artificial intelligence are having a rapid impact on human activity, the lives of individuals and societies, politics and the economy,” the statement said. We are calling for an open dialogue about the implications of this new technology with

Pope Francis urged people to be vigilant and work hard to ensure that AI products do not take root in 'logics of violence and discrimination' and 'victimize the most vulnerable and excluded'. I am warning you. It is also urgent to orient the concept and use of AI in a responsible way, as injustice and inequality cause conflicts and conflicts among people. He called for the need to extend ethical considerations to the fields of education and law.



Pope Francis, who became Pope in 2013, has a deep understanding of IT, and in 2014 he publicly said, ``The Internet is really wonderful. It is also known that he was the first user of the game 'Follow JC Go' to get Catholic saints.

In 2019, I attended an event calling on students from all over the world to learn computer science, and by typing in a part of the programming code during a video chat with the students, at the age of 82, I was ` `the first time in history to write a program code. Wrote Pope ”became.

Pope Francis became ``the pope who wrote the program code for the first time in history'' at the age of 82-GIGAZINE



In addition, on February 28, 2020, he signed the 'Rome Call for AI Ethics,' a document outlining the ethical use of AI, together with executives from Microsoft and IBM. He said that he prayed that ``progress in robotics and artificial intelligence will always be useful to mankind.''

Pope Francis prays that 'robots and artificial intelligence will always be useful to mankind'-GIGAZINE



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