Artificial Intelligence

On our Comment pages, Sr. Helena Burns issues a robust call for a return to “old school” means of acquiring, developing and retaining knowledge in the age of AI.

“How did you guys look stuff up before the internet and ChatGPT? Did you just run to the library all the time?” an earnest young lady queried recently online.

Have we been scammed by Artificial Intelligence? Or more accurately, have we been scammed by a handful of companies and their powerful CEOs to believe that AI is the answer to all our human limitations?

Matthew Harvey Sanders, the creator of the most popular Catholic artificial intelligence platform, Magisterium AI, tantalizes the “golden age” possibilities and portends the potential hazards of the society-disrupting technology.

Pope Leo XIV urged global leaders and experts to establish a network for the governance of AI and to seek ethical clarity regarding its use.

World leaders attending the G7 Summit June 15-17 in Kananaskis, Alta., are expected to contemplate how to navigate the line between unleashing the manifest potential of artificial intelligence and instituting proper governance standards.

Dr. Steven Umbrello suggested that 80 years of popular science fiction have effectively convinced many that technology is deterministic: scientists create an intelligent design, and that creation becomes sentient and inevitably turns on humanity.

The tech world isn’t known for its moral character. Its pursuit of efficiency and technological progress rarely demonstrates a deeper appreciation of spiritual or moral considerations.

With fear "the driving force" in the current global climate, nations must recommit to nuclear disarmament and the regulation of artificial intelligence, said Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations.

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) poised to take over the world. There are serious ethical considerations about AI, and the Vatican's new document Antiqua Nova ably addresses the frontiers AI is broaching.