(ZENIT News / Vatican City-Apulia, Italy, 06.14.2024).
- For the first time in history, a Pope participated in a G7 summit, a meeting attended by the leaders of the seven most industrialized economies in the world, along with some guests invited by the current presiding president. At the invitation of President Giorgia Meloni, Pope Francis attended the meeting. Below, we offer the full text of the Pope’s speech.
Pope Francis read a shorter version of this same speech earlier in the afternoon on Friday, June 14. *** Esteemed ladies and gentlemen, I address you today, the leaders of the Intergovernmental Forum of the G7, concerning the effects of artificial intelligence on the future of humanity. “Sacred Scripture attests that God bestowed his Spirit upon human beings so that they might have ‘skill and understanding and knowledge in every craft’ ( Ex 35:31)”.
[1] Science and technology are therefore brilliant products of the creative potential of human beings. [2] Indeed, artificial intelligence arises precisely from the use of this God-given creative potential. As we know, artificial intelligence is an extremely powerful tool, employed in many kinds of human activity: from medicine to the world of work; from culture to the field of communications; from education to politics.
It is now safe to assume that its use will increasingly influence the way we live, our social relationships and even the way we conceive of our identity as human beings. [3] The question of artifi.
