Pope Francis is dedicating the month of November to praying “that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind.”
In his video message, he explains that “robotics can make a better world possible if it is joined to the common good.” He notes that “if technological progress increases inequalities, it is not true progress.”
Pope Francis emphasizes that technological progress “should be oriented towards respecting the dignity of the person and of Creation.”
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Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the epochal change we are experiencing. Robotics can make a better world possible if it is joined to the common good. Indeed, if technological progress increases inequalities, it is not true progress. Future advances should be oriented towards respecting the dignity of the person and of Creation. Let us pray that the progress of robotics and artificial intelligence may always serve humankind… we could say, may it “be human.”
