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Pope Leo XIV urges nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons, asserting that AI must remain a tool under human control to protect human dignity.
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Pope Leo calls for the disarmament of AI: ‘Machines are tools, not persons’
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Pope Leo XIV says AI systems should be "disarmed," adding that humans "have the responsibility to guide, change and, when necessary, reject its applications." In Friday's Papal Address, Pope Leo encourages United Nations member states to "take concrete steps toward banning lethal autonomous weapons" during their meeting in Geneva next month. The address reflects many of the ideas Pope Leo laid out in his first major papal document in May, which highlighted "safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence." In line with his encyclical, Pope Leo tells participants that "Machines are tools, not persons," and warns about th … Read the full story at The Verge.
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