CVatican City, 25 May. (askanews) – Pope Leo’s imperative is «stay human» And «disarming artificial intelligence»which risks becoming an “instrument of exclusion, domination and death”. He goes out Magnificent humanitythe first Encyclical of Leo XIV dedicated to Artificial Intelligence and the dangers it entails. A 230-page treatise, divided into five chapters (in addition to the introduction and conclusion), in which the Pontiff warns Big Tech: «The control of the platforms, of the infrastructures» is in the hands of a few magnates or groups.
It is the Pope himself – a historical novelty – who presents it before the Roman Curia in the new Synod Hall in the Vatican. Address, Leone, the themes of social doctrine already present in the historical one Rerum Novarum of Leo XIII, from abortion to the protection of human dignity, from the family to education. But it’s also there a mea culpa on the abuses committed in the Church, for which he asks for justice and transparency.
But the heart of the Encyclical is linked toexaltation of technology that risks dehumanizing itself. And to the use of algorithms and big data to justify the “just war theory” too often “invoked to justify any war”. A theory that must be overcome, “without prejudice to the right to self-defense”. The wait for Leone’s first publication is over. The sale has already started both in bookstores and on the web. On Amazon, for example, the Encyclical is the best-selling book of the moment. But given the boom in requests, we will have to wait a long time: deliveries are expected in times ranging from one to three months.
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