The Vatican asked for a constant supervision of artificial intelligence on Tuesday, warning the potential of “shadow of evil” in technology, which according to him offered “a source of enormous opportunities but also of profound risks”.
In a new document intended to recommend the Catholic faithful, the Church has warned that technology should be used to integrate human intelligence, “rather than replacing its wealth”. The document was approved by Pope Francis, who repeatedly warned that the application of artificial intelligence should be based on ethical and moral considerations.
“In all areas where humans are called to make decisions, the shadow of evil also looms here,” said the Vatican in the newspaper. He added: “The moral evaluation of this technology will have to consider the way it is direct and used”.
The article “is a synthesis of many existing materials that have developed organically over the last time”, drawing on the declarations and past writings of Francis to examine the effect of Ai on reports, education, war and work, has Rev. Paul Tighe, one of the people who worked on it. The document was written for six months by a Vatican team in consultation with various experts, including those of the AI
The document tries to map “an understanding of what must be human that in a certain sense gives shape to ethical concerns”, said Father Tighe, who is the spokesperson of the Department of Culture and Education of the Vatican.
The newspaper warned of the potential of artificial intelligence to destroy the trust on which companies are built due to its potential to spread the disinformation. “False media generated by the AI can gradually undermine the foundations of the company,” said the document. “This problem requires careful regulation, since the disinformation, especially through the media controlled by artificial or influenced intelligence -will spread involuntarily, feeding political polarization and social disorders.
“This widespread deception is not a trivial question; It affects the center of humanity, dismantling the fundamental trust on which companies are built. “
He denounced the “harmful sense of isolation” that the IA could generate, as well as “specific challenges” for children, “potentially encouraging them to develop interaction models that deal with human relationships in a transactional way, as it would connect to a chatbot.”
The document cited the concerns that the IA could be used to advance what the Pope has described as the “technocratic paradigm”, the belief that the problems of the world could be resolved by technological means alone. “The technological developments that do not improve life for everyone, but instead create or worsen inequalities and conflicts, cannot be called true progress,” said the document, citing the world’s world message from Francis.
When it comes to work, the document said: “The goal should not be that technological progress is increasingly replacing human work, since this would be harmful to humanity”. Furthermore, it should never “reduce workers to simple” gears in a machine “, such as” dignity of workers and the importance of employment for the economic well -being of individuals, families and society, for the safety of work and only wages, Being a priority for the international community “while the IA spreads.
The article also repeated concerns about the use of technology in distance weapons that translate into “a reduced perception of devastation” from their use and “an even colder and detached approach to the immense tragedy of the war”.
The document warned of the “concentration of power on the applications of ai traditional in the hands of some powerful companies”. These companies could exercise “subtle and invasive forms of control, creating mechanisms for the manipulation of consciences and democratic process,” said the document, citing a 2019 document by Francis.
Francis has increasingly raised concerns about artificial intelligence in a speech to the political, economic and corporate leaders of the World Economic Forum of Davos, Switzerland, last week, Francis wrote that the IA raised “great concerns about its impact on role of humanity “. And in a group of 7 meetings in Italy last year, Francis told the world leaders who “represents a real cognitive-industrial revolution, which will contribute to the creation of a new social system characterized by complex epochal transformations”.
This month, the Vatican has released a document with guidelines for the use of the AI within its walls, regulating its application.