This year, the Argentine pope advocated for a worldwide treaty to guarantee that AI is developed and used ethnically during his yearly peace address.
Pope Francis is not unfamiliar with artificial intelligence (AI); in fact, a deepfake image of him wearing a white puffer jacket went viral the previous year. However, his worries about Al go far beyond a negative portrayal, and they are currently the main topic of discussion at the Group of Seven meeting. It will be Francis’s first speech as pope to the G7 leaders at their annual meeting in southern Italy on Friday. Taking advantage of the opportunity, he plans to join the chorus of nations and international organizations calling for more regulations on AI in the wake of the generative artificial intelligence boom, which was sparked by OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot.
This year, the Argentine pope advocated for a worldwide treaty to guarantee that Al is developed and used ethnically during his yearly peace address. He contends that it would be too dangerous for technology to advance unfettered if it were to lack human virtues like forgiveness, morality, compassion, and mercy. Giorgia Meloni, the premier of Italy, extended an invitation to Francis and made his presence known, fully aware of the possible influence of his celebrity and moral standing to combine his values of social justice and peace with a widely held worry about Al.
John Kirton, the director of the G7 Research Group think tank at the University of Toronto and a political scientist, described the pope as “a very special kind of celebrity.” Recalling that the last summit with such star power took place in 2005 at Gleneagles, Scotland, Kirton said that the decision was made to erase the USD 40 billion in debt that 18 of the world’s poorest nations owed the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Prior to that meeting, nearly a million people attended the Live8 event in London, which was organized in solidarity against famine and poverty in Africa and featured Sting, The Who, and a reformed Pink Floyd.
“Gleneagles actually hit a home run, and for some, it’s one of the most successful summits,” Kirton stated. While there isn’t any public pressure of this kind on the G7 leaders in Puglia, Italy, Francis is likely to use his own moral authority to reiterate his calls for protections for Al and draw attention to the dangers it poses to society and peace. The world has been astonished by generative Al technology’s ability to elicit human-like responses, but it has also raised concerns about Al safety and prompted a disorganized attempt to control it on a worldwide scale. Some fear that humanity faces distant and catastrophic hazards due to the possibility of developing new bioweapons and spreading misinformation. Others worry about how it may affect their daily lives.
Al ought to prioritize protecting basic human rights, fostering peace, and preventing misinformation, discrimination, and misrepresentation, according to Francis. In terms of regulations, Francis will essentially be speaking to the choir because the G7 nations have led the charge in the discussion of Al-Supervision. Japan started the Hiroshima Al process last year to create global guidelines and a code of conduct for Al developers. Japan is the country that currently holds the rotating presidency of the G7. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last month proposed a framework for global regulation of generative algorithms, or autonomous machines that can produce fresh text, images, videos, and audio in response to commands, in an effort to further intensify those efforts.
With its comprehensive Al Act, which is slated to go into force over the next two years and may serve as a global model, the European Union was among the first to take action. With limitations based on the degree of risk they present, the act targets any Al product or service sold in the 27 member countries of the union. While some states, like California and Colorado, have been attempting to enact their own Al bills with varying degrees of success, President Joe Biden of the United States issued an executive order on protections for Al and urged for legislation to enhance it. Big AI companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and OpenAl have been under close scrutiny from antitrust enforcers on both sides of the Atlantic on whether their dominating positions impede competition.
At a conference last autumn, Britain launched a global conversation on taming Al’s most extreme dangers. In a Seoul follow-up meeting, businesses promised to advance the technology carefully. Early in the next year, France would play host to another match in the series. With its first resolution on AI, the UN has also expressed its opinion. Francis is scheduled to have a full day of bilateral meetings in addition to his Al-Al speech. He will see invited leaders from Algeria, Brazil, India, Kenya, and Turkey, in addition to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. Additionally, he will meet with President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, and Vice President Joe Biden of the G7.
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