The Vatican has Tough Questions on A.I.
The Vatican is worried on the impacts of AI on society and the possibility that technology can lead to "spiritual malaise". "People could then see themselves no longer as meaningful agents, but rather as passive objects of manipulation by machines or elites with power," notes Father Ezra Sullivan (Fortune newsletter).
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming human society and interactions, and the Vatican and Catholic clergy are taking note in an effort to prepare for the ethical debates of the future.
At a roundtable event in Rome last week, two priests engaged in the intersection between AI and ethics warned against a “technology arms race” and the risk that as we make machines more human, people may become increasingly like machines.