Pope condemns use of AI to fuel 'polarisation, conflict, fear and violence'

Pope Francis warns against AI's role in fueling societal division and conflict, highlighting the human and environmental toll of the technology's infrastructure. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Pope condemns use of AI to fuel 'polarisation, conflict, fear and violence'

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In a stark warning from the Vatican, Pope Francis has condemned the use of artificial intelligence to fuel 'polarisation, conflict, fear and violence.' The pontiff's remarks, delivered in a message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, come as global investment and development in AI systems reach unprecedented levels. He framed the issue as a profound moral challenge, urging technologists and world leaders to ensure these powerful tools serve human dignity and peace rather than undermine them. The Pope's critique extends beyond the digital realm of algorithms and data into the physical world where the technology is built. He directly connected the current AI boom to the intensive extraction of critical minerals, specifically cobalt, which is essential for powering the energy-hungry data servers that underpin large AI models. This supply chain, he noted, often imposes a severe environmental, social, and human cost on the communities where mining occurs, with Africa frequently bearing the brunt of this burden. This linkage places the ethical debate around AI into a broader context of global justice and economic inequality. Advocacy groups and some industry watchdogs have long documented hazardous working conditions, child labor, and widespread environmental degradation in cobalt mining operations, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which supplies over 70% of the world's cobalt. The Pope's statement elevates these concerns from corporate sustainability reports to a matter of international conscience, challenging the narrative of a purely digital and clean technological revolution. The Vatican's intervention adds significant moral weight to growing calls for robust and enforceable AI governance. While legislative bodies in the European Union, the United States, and elsewhere grapple with frameworks to manage AI's risks—from disinformation and bias to autonomous weapons—the Pope's message underscores a foundational principle: technology must be guided by an ethical compass centered on the common good. He argued that without such grounding, AI risks becoming another instrument of domination and inequality, exacerbating existing global...

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