Pope Leo XIV and Tech Experts Address Moral Risks of Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo XIV has issued an encyclical and a message for the World Day of Social Communications urging the development of AI based on education, responsibility, and cooperation. Tech experts, including Eli Pariser, have supported this call for moral leadership, advocating for "prosocial AI" and online spaces that prioritize the common good over divisive algorithms to repair fractured trust in media. While the Pope's warnings about threats to privacy and labor have resonated with the public, the Vatican's engagement with the industry has drawn criticism. Some observers, as reported by The Guardian, question whether alliances with AI firms like Anthropic are genuine efforts to mitigate harm or merely "Vatican-washing" to create a feel-good image without critical oversight.
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Eli Pariser, an American tech expert ... build AI that serves humanity. By Isabella H. de Carvalho · “The world is deeply in need of moral leadership” on the issue of artificial intelligence, American tech expert and entrepreneur Eli Pariser told Vatican News, a couple of ...
Watch Vatican News' interview with Prof. Zenzerović · She noted how we are already in what years ago seemed like the “darkest scenario,” as people do not trust anyone or anything anymore, but she added that she believes the only solution lies in the three pillars identified in Pope Leo XIV’s message for the World Day of Social communications meaning education, responsibility and cooperation. Eli Pariser ...
On the sidelines of a global ... expert Eli Pariser, the founder of New Public network who made known the 'filter bubble' concept, speaks to Vatican News about the need to make online spaces that focus on the good, rather than the bad, and in elevating the moral quality of ...
Watch Vatican News' interview with Prof. Zenzerović · She noted how we are already in what years ago seemed like the “darkest scenario,” as people do not trust anyone or anything anymore, but she added that she believes the only solution lies in the three pillars identified in Pope Leo XIV’s message for the World Day of Social communications meaning education, responsibility and cooperation. Eli Pariser ...
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