Pope Leo XIV
Speaking at UNESCO headquarters in Paris as part of his four-day visit to France, the Pontiff said that AI threatens to impoverish human ‘ideas and relationships’ through a ‘process of dehumanisation’, and also criticised the increasingly pervasive cult of productivity in modern societies.
He noted that judging people by ‘criteria of efficiency’ undermines respect for human dignity. This leads to society rejecting and marginalising ‘those who are no longer considered productive’, Euronews quotes the pontiff as saying.
The topic of artificial intelligence has become one of the key themes of Leo XIV’s pontificate. In May, he published his first encyclical, entitled ‘Magnifica humanitas’, in which he outlined the risks that the uncontrolled development of AI poses to people and called for tighter regulation.
In his speech, he emphasised the need for adequate safeguards for children, stating that the ‘vulnerability’ of young people ‘must never become a pretext for exploitation’.
In conclusion, the Pope stated that “humanity has come to realise that when scientific progress is detached from wisdom, it can become a weapon of destruction”.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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