The Vatican vs. killer robots: Pope Leo XIV takes aim at AI warfare

(Hannah Roberts – Politico) Pope Leo XIV on Monday raised the alarm over the use of AI in warfare and called for the technology to be “disarmed” and prevented from “dominating humanity.”. In a document known as an encyclical — a papal letter outlining the church’s perspective on a key topic — Leo said that artificial intelligence should never be used to make lethal decisions and warned that chat bots and other AI tools should never be equated with humans. The encyclical marks the Catholic Church’s most forceful intervention in the global debate over how artificial intelligence is shaping the future of warfare, labor and society. The text risks putting the Vatican on a collision course with governments racing to deploy AI as a strategic weapon. – The Vatican vs. killer robots: Pope Leo XIV takes aim at AI warfare – POLITICO