Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI, technology should be ‘human friendly’
Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI, technology should be ‘human friendly’
Publish Date: 2026-05-25 06:31:00
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- Pope Leo XIV issued a manifesto warning against the “disarming” of artificial intelligence and its potential to create “new forms of slavery”.
- The Pope criticized the outdated “just war” theory, which he stated has often been incorrectly used to justify wars.
- He highlighted the ethical implications of artificial intelligence, particularly in relation to AI-directed weaponry, stating it is “not permissible to entrust lethal decisions to tech.”
- Pope Leo implicitly referenced the Trump administration by asserting that the “just war” theory should be reconsidered in the context of modern warfare.
- An ethical AI company, Anthropic, has had a legal dispute with the US military, opposing the use of its technology for lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance.
- The Pope emphasized that “no algorithm can make war morally acceptable”, underlining a moral stance against the use of AI in lethal operations.
