Pope Leo warns AI must serve humanity during France visit
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Pope Leo XIV warned that artificial intelligence and other technologies must remain at the service of people, saying humanity risked being diminished by a “paradise of machines” shaping daily life.
Speaking at the Élysée Palace at the start of a three-day visit to France, Leo called for education in ethical discernment so people can judge what is morally right. In a later address at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, he said science can lose its meaning when pursued without ethics and cautioned that technology could become “yet another instrument of domination and injustice.”
The pope said describing computational systems as intelligent coincided with a failure to recognize the dignity of people whose lives are judged by efficiency and who may be rejected when considered unproductive. He also criticized leaders who invoke the rule of law when it serves them but disregard it when it imposes restraints, without naming individuals. Reuters reported that Leo warned the United Nations risked becoming a “charade,” while Vatican News highlighted his statement that peace cannot be built by treaties alone.
Leo also expressed concern about developments including genetic manipulation, surrogacy, organ trading and assisted dying after France approved legislation in June granting some adults a right to assisted death. The first official papal visit to France in 18 years includes an outdoor Mass at Place de la Concorde and a speech on European peace in Metz.
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