How the World's Smallest Country Is Shaping the AI Debate

Inside the Vatican’s science and technology playbook

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Excerpt to first link above (emphasis mine): "Magnifica Humanitas argues that AI is not intrinsically bad, but that it takes on the aims of those who build and use it. Pope Leo lists concrete risks of AI — job destruction, misinformation, autonomous weapons, and more — and then points to a deeper issue: our relationship with life itself is in crisis. He insists that, contrary to popular belief, our flaws and limits aren’t defects to be corrected. “Humanity flourishes not despite limitations, but often through them.” Pope Leo encourages listeners to work perseveringly on the “construction site of our times,” to join forces in building up the common good.

He ends by asking readers to reflect on AI’s place in their daily life: Does it help me build genuine closeness in relationships? Does it help me promote justice and peace?"

...“The church thus stands alongside the world without overpowering it,” Pope Leo writes. His warning is clear: Without openly discussing the ethical frameworks that will shape use of AI, “those who control AI will impose their own moral vision.” The task before us is not only technical or ethical, Pope Leo tells us. It is ecological: this is about shaping our common home."