Kansas City Faith Blogger Ponders Pope's Message On AI

Forgive us for contradicting "el Papa" . . .

But as always, the real danger of any new tech is how stupid humans will use it. One of AI's most dangerous attributes is that it gives dumb people more confidence in wrongheaded decisions. 

Example . . .

AI answers offered for free are almost always wrong and/or they're not really "intelligent" but must an updated version of algorithmic website skimming that we've seen since the 90s. 

Of course . . . 

The most important part of this post is word from on high as KC's most prolific writer on faith & morals considers the word of the new dude wearing the funny hat at the Vatican . . . Check-it:

As this Associated Press story notes, the pontiff  has "identified AI as one of the main issues facing humanity, saying it poses challenges to defending human dignity, justice and labor."

Why might AI be such a threat? Many reasons, but among them the concern that "AI development may result in a 'nuclear-level catastrophe,'” as this Scientific American story put it.

A primary question is whether anything like a moral conscience can be built into AI and, if not, how might it be controlled so that it doesn't treat humans as merely another machine. We humans already know the danger of dehumanizing other people, and it's pretty clear that Pope Leo XIV wants us to stop it but also wants to make sure we don't allow AI to do that . . .

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Faith Matters Blog: Let's take Pope Leo XIV's warnings about AI seriously