{"id":2124826,"date":"2023-12-14T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-calls-for-binding-global-treaty-to-regulate-ai\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T11:07:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:07:11","slug":"pope-francis-calls-for-binding-global-treaty-to-regulate-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-calls-for-binding-global-treaty-to-regulate-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis urges global treaty to govern AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-calls-for-binding-global-treaty-to-regulate-ai%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2124826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>December 14, \u20622023 \u2064\u2013 \u20635:33 AM PST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) \u2062\u2013 Pope Francis \u200bCalls for Legally Binding International Treaty \u2062to Regulate\u200d Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The pope made his call \u2064on Thursday in a\u2062 message for the Roman Catholic Church\u2019s World Day of Peace, which is\u200d celebrated on Jan. 1. The title of \u200cthe message, which is traditionally sent \u2062to world leaders and heads of institutions such as the \u200cUnited\u200d Nations, is <strong>&#8220;Artificial Intelligence and Peace&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200b came as governments around the world \u2064are seeking\u2062 to balance the advantages of the\u2063 technology, which can engage in human-like conversations,\u2062 answer questions and write\u200b computer code, against the need to put guard rails \u2064in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe \u2063global scale of artificial intelligence makes it clear that, alongside\u200d the responsibility \u200dof sovereign states to regulate its use internally, international organizations can play a decisive role in reaching multilateral\u200c agreements and coordinating\u200c their application \u200dand enforcement,\u201d \u2062Francis wrote in the \u200bmessage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI urge\u200b the global community of nations to work together in order to adopt a binding international treaty that\u200d regulates the development\u200c and use of artificial intelligence in\u200d its many forms,\u201d the pope said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the European\u2064 Union reached a provisional deal on landmark rules governing the use \u2063of AI, including governments\u2019\u200b use\u2064 of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such \u200das ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NEW AI APPLICATIONS<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200c pope\u2019s call also came as companies like OpenAI, in which Microsoft (MSFT.O) is an investor, continue to discover new uses for their \u200btechnology, triggering both plaudits and concerns. \u2064Google owner Alphabet (GOOGL.O)\u200c last week launched\u2064 a new AI model, Gemini, to rival OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>Francis called for ethical scrutiny of the \u201caims and interest of (AI\u2019s) owners\u2064 and developers\u201d warning that some applications of AI \u201cmay pose a risk to our\u2063 survival and \u200bendanger our common home,\u201d a reference to the earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an obsessive desire to control everything, we risk losing control over ourselves; in the \u2063quest \u2062for an absolute \u200bfreedom, we risk falling into the \u200cspiral of a \u2018technological dictatorship,&#8217;\u201d \u200bhe wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Francis, who has often criticised the\u2064 armaments industry, warned against the \u200cuse of AI in weapons systems, saying it could \u200blead to a global catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResearch on emerging technologies in the area of so-called Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems, including the weaponization of artificial intelligence, is a cause for \u2063grave\u2062 ethical concern. Autonomous weapon systems can never be morally responsible subjects,\u201d he\u2064 said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cunique \u2062human capacity for moral\u200c judgment and ethical decision-making\u201d could not be left to a machine, \u2062he said, adding that \u200b\u201cit is imperative\u2062 to ensure adequate, meaningful and consistent human oversight of weapon systems\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At\u2062 a news conference \u200bpresenting the message, Cardinal Michael Czerny, head of the \u2063Vatican\u2019s human development office, said the 86-year-old pope was\u2063 \u201cno \u2064luddite,\u201d a term referring to someone opposed to new technology.<\/p>\n<p>He said the pope appreciates technological and scientific progress that serves humanity but that Francis was particularly concerned about \u200bAI because it\u200b is \u2063\u201cperhaps the highest-stake gamble of our future\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><sup>Reporting by Philip Pullella, editing by Gavin Jones, Alex Richardson and Sharon Singleton<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t<strong>Share \u200bthis\u200c post!<\/strong>\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hunter Biden shrugs off a congressional subpoena, the House approves a Biden\u200d impeachment inquiry and Pfizer needs \u2064a \u200dnew pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The\u200b Lawfare\u200b Project has announced \u2063that it \u200bhas filed a lawsuit \u2063against Carnegie Mellon University on behalf\u2063 of \u200ca Jewish student for \u200balleged discrimination.\u00a0\u200c  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>GOP lawmakers speak\u2062 on\u2064 Hunter Biden\u2019s failure to appear before \u200cthe Oversight Committee\u200d saying \u2064that the President\u2019s son is now in Contempt Of \u2063Congress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court orders \u200bPresident\u200b Trump\u2019s legal team \u200dto\u200b respond to Special Counsel\u2062 Jack Smith\u2019s petition regarding presidential immunity by December 20th.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Pope Francis Calls for Legally Binding International \u2064Treaty to Regulate \u200bArtificial Intelligence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla is \u200brecalling just over two million vehicles in the United\u200b States fitted with \u2063its Autopilot advanced\u200c driver-assistance system\u200c to install\u2063 new safeguards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix is \u2062set to pull ahead of Disney+ in the\u2062 race for U.S. advertising dollars next year as price hikes and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-to-squeak-past-disney-in-us-advertising-revenue-in-2024-report\/\" title=\"Netflix is projected to surpass Disney+ in US ad revenue by 2024, says report\">password-sharing crackdown pull<\/a> more viewers to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-giving-advertisers-getting-refunds-after-missing-viewership-targets\/\" title=\"Netflix Giving Advertisers Getting Refunds After Missing Viewership Targets\">ad-supported plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft and the AFL-CIO union federation said they had struck \u2063a deal \u2063whereby the software giant will remain neutral in efforts\u2062 by unions to encourage workers to become members.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What are the ethical concerns raised by\u200c Pope Francis regarding the \u2064use of AI, particularly in \u200dweapon\u200c systems<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Pope Francis Calls for Legally Binding International Treaty to Regulate Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n<p>December 14, 2023 &#8211; 5:33 AM PST<\/p>\n<p>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) &#8211; \u200bPope Francis, in a message for the Roman \u2063Catholic Church&#8217;s World Day of Peace, has called for a legally binding international treaty to regulate artificial\u200b intelligence (AI). The\u200c message, titled \u2062&#8221;Artificial Intelligence and Peace,&#8221; is traditionally sent \u2063to world leaders and heads of institutions such as the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>Governments \u2064around the world are \u200dcurrently grappling with\u200c the challenge of \u2062balancing the benefits of AI technology, which can engage in human-like conversations, \u2063answer questions, and write computer code, with the need to establish \u2062regulations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The global scale of artificial intelligence makes it clear \u2063that, \u2064alongside the responsibility \u2063of\u2064 sovereign\u2062 states to regulate its use internally,\u2062 international organizations can play a \u200bdecisive role in reaching multilateral agreements and coordinating their application and enforcement,&#8221; wrote Pope Francis\u200c in\u2063 the message.<\/p>\n<p>He further urged the global community of nations to work together and adopt\u2062 a binding international treaty that regulates the development and use of AI in its various forms.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the European Union reached a provisional \u2064deal \u2064on landmark rules governing the use of AI. These rules include regulations on governments&#8217; \u200cuse of AI in biometric surveillance and the regulation\u200d of AI systems like ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope&#8217;s\u200d call comes at a time when \u200bcompanies such as OpenAI\u2063 and Google continue to find new applications for \u200cAI technology. While these developments have received praise, concerns have also been raised. Pope Francis emphasized the need for ethical scrutiny of the interests and aims of AI owners and developers, warning that certain AI applications could pose risks to our survival and the well-being of\u2063 our planet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In an obsessive \u2064desire to control everything, we risk losing control over ourselves; in the quest for absolute freedom, we risk \u200bfalling \u2063into the spiral of\u200b a &#8216;technological dictatorship&#8217;,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope specifically cautioned against the \u200duse \u200bof AI in weapons systems, as he\u2064 believes it \u200ccould lead to a \u200bglobal catastrophe. He \u200dexpressed grave \u200bethical concerns regarding \u2062the research of emerging technologies in the\u200d realm of\u2062 Lethal Autonomous Weapon \u2063Systems and the weaponization\u200b of AI, emphasizing that autonomous weapon \u2063systems can never be\u2063 morally responsible subjects.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed the importance of human oversight in weapon systems, \u200dstating that the unique human capacity for moral judgment and ethical decision-making should not be delegated to machines.<\/p>\n<p>During a \u200bnews conference\u200d presenting the message, Cardinal Michael Czerny, head of the\u2063 Vatican&#8217;s human development office, clarified that Pope Francis is not opposed to technological advancements, appreciating the progress that serves humanity. \u200cHowever, he highlighted the Pope&#8217;s particular \u2062concern about AI, as it\u2063 represents a significant gamble\u200c for humanity&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>The call for a legally binding international treaty to \u200dregulate AI reflects the growing recognition of the need to establish comprehensive \u2062and ethical guidelines for the development and\u200c use of this powerful technology. By advocating for responsible AI governance \u2062on a global scale, Pope Francis contributes to the ongoing global conversation surrounding AI \u200bregulation\u200b and the\u200c importance of ensuring its alignment\u200c with\u2063 human values and interests.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Philip Pullella, editing by Gavin Jones, Alex Richardson, and\u2062 Sharon Singleton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 14, 2023 \u2013 5:33 AM PST VATICAN CITY (Reuters) \u2013 Pope Francis urges a global treaty to govern artificial intelligence, emphasizing the need to preserve human values and cautioning against a &#8220;technological dictatorship&#8221; that jeopardizes humanity. 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