Artificial Intelligence and Human Dignity: The Church's View on Technology
An article published in The Tablet discusses the Church's mission to protect human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence and the risk of the dehumanization of technology.
Amid the rapid development of artificial intelligence and robotics technologies, it is emphasized that the fundamental duty of the Church is to declare that elements exalted by culture as human are, in fact, inhuman.
The Historical Role of the Church
For centuries, Christians have fought to defend the human dignity of slaves, immigrants, indigenous peoples, the unborn, and the elderly.
Approach to Artificial Intelligence
As Pope Leo noted, the Church is not against technology because humanity has always used various tools throughout history.
Tasks of the New Era
In this new era of rapid technological advancement, one of the most important tasks is to reveal that artificial elements which society risks calling human are actually non-human.